52 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.

★ Pompey marries Cornelia Metella.

★ Milo is tried for the murder of Clodius. Despite Cicero's legal defence (''Pro Milone'') he is found guilty and exiled in Massilia (today Marseille).

★ Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars

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★ March — Siege and capture of Avaricum (Bourges).

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★ April–May — Siege and repulse from Gergovia.

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★ July — Battle of the Vingeanne, an indecisive battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix.

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★ July — Siege of Alesia begins.

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★ October - Romans defeat Gauls led by Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia, thus breaking the back of the Gallic insurrection. The final pacification of Gaul is complete the following year.

Births

★ Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)

★ Juba II, king of Numidia

Deaths

★ January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo

★ Surena — Parthian General (b. 84 BC)

★ Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt