50s BC

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Events

• Julius Caesar, Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus make the First Triumvirate (ca. 59–53 BC).
• Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar conquers much of Gaul, and leads two journeys to Britain (58–49 BC).
• Bak Hyeokgeose makes the kingdom of Silla in Korea (57 BC)
• Pompey builds Rome's first permanent (made to stay the same for a long time) theatre (54 BC)
• Battle of Carrhae: the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus tries to attack the Parthian Empire. Surenais defeats him at Carrhae, now Harran in Turkey; Crassus dies. (53 BC).
• Battle of Alesia: Vercingetorix leads a rebellion by the Gauls. Julius Caesar defeats him. (52 BC).

Significant people

• Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (lived 100–44 BC)
• Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (lived 70/69 – 30 BC, ruled 51–30 BC).
• Pompey, Roman general (lived 106–48 BC)
• Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman politician and general (lived 115–53 BC)
• Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman politician (lived 106–43 BC)
• Vercingetorix, ruler of the Arverni (died. 46 BC)
• Cassivellaunus, British war-leader
• Ariovistus, German king
• Commius, Gaulish king
• Phraates III, King of Parthia (ruled 70–57 BC)
• Mithridates III, king of Parthia and Media (ruled 57–54 BC)
• Orodes II, king of Parthia (ruled 57–38 BC)
• Surena, Parthian general (lived 84–54 BC)
• Bak Hyeokgeose, king of Silla in Korea

Births

• Livy, Roman historian (ca. 59 BC)
• Seneca the Elder, Roman orator (ca. 54 BC)

Deaths

• Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman politician and general (53 BC)
• Posidonius, Greek philosopher, astronomer, and geographer (51 BC)