51 BC
year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Year 51 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Sulpicius.
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Events
- Pompey demands that Julius Caesar end his command
- Cleopatra VII and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII begin co-rule of Egypt
- The Hsiung-nu split into two hordes
Births
- Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman governor of Syria (d. 21 AD)
- Cheng, Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China (d. 7 BC)
Deaths
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt (b. 117 BC)
- Posidonius of Apamea, Greek philosopher, astronomer, geographer (b. c. 135 BC)
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