51 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Egypt

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Consuls: Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Servius Sulpicius Rufus.

★ Pompey demands that Julius Caesar lay down his command before he can stand for consul.

Egypt

★ Spring — Pharaoh Ptolemy XII dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII.

Asia

★ The Hsiung-nu split into two hordes. The Eastern horde is subject to China.

Births

★ Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman governor of Syria

★ Cheng, Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China

Deaths

★ Spring — Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt

★ Posidonius of Apamea, Greek philosopher, astronomer, geographer