50 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Years: |
| 50 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 50 BC L BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 704 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 274 |
| - Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 2 |
| Ancient Greek era | 182nd Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4701 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −642 |
| Berber calendar | 901 |
| Buddhist calendar | 495 |
| Burmese calendar | −687 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5459–5460 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2648 or 2441 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2649 or 2442 |
| Coptic calendar | −333 – −332 |
| Discordian calendar | 1117 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −57 – −56 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3711–3712 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 7–8 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3051–3052 |
| Holocene calendar | 9951 |
| Iranian calendar | 671 BP – 670 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 692 BH – 691 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2284 |
| Minguo calendar | 1961 before ROC 民前1961年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1517 |
| Seleucid era | 262/263 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 493–494 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 77 or −304 or −1076 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 78 or −303 or −1075 |
Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paullus and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 704 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 50 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- Consuls: Lucius Aemilius Paullus[1] and Gaius Claudius Marcellus.
- The Senate recalls Julius Caesar and rescinds his authority. Caesar breaks alliance with Pompey.[2]
- The Roman artillery piece called Scorpio is invented.
- Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus, detail of a wall painting in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, is made (approximate date).
- The Roman Republic takes control of Judea (approximate date).
Births
- Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony
- Gaius Antistius Vetus, Roman consul (d. 1 AD)
- Shammai, Jewish scholar and rabbi (d. 30 AD)
Deaths
- Aristobulus II, king of Judea
- Quintus Hortensius, Roman orator and advocate (b. 114 BC)
In fiction
- The Asterix comic books are all set around this year.
References
- ^ "Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus | Roman general | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ^ LeGlay, Marcel; Voisin, Jean-Louis; Le Bohec, Yann (2001). A History of Rome (Second ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 129. ISBN 0-631-21858-0.