52 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	80s BC  70s BC  60s BC  – 50s BC –  40s BC  30s BC  20s BC
Years:	55 BC 54 BC 53 BC – 52 BC – 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC

52 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	52 BC LI BC
Ab urbe condita	702
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 272
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 29
Ancient Greek era	182nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4699
Bengali calendar	−644
Berber calendar	899
Buddhist calendar	493
Burmese calendar	−689
Byzantine calendar	5457–5458
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2645 or 2585     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2646 or 2586
Coptic calendar	−335 – −334
Discordian calendar	1115
Ethiopian calendar	−59 – −58
Hebrew calendar	3709–3710
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	5–6
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3050–3051
Holocene calendar	9949
Iranian calendar	673 BP – 672 BP
Islamic calendar	694 BH – 693 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2282
Minguo calendar	1963 before ROC 民前1963年
Seleucid era	260/261 AG
Thai solar calendar	491–492

The Siege of Alesia (52 BC)

Vercingetorix surrenders to Julius Caesar

Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 702 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 52 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: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica 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 (modern Marseille).
• Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars:
  • March – Siege and capture of Avaricum (Bourges).
  • April–May – Siege and repulse from Gergovia.
  • July – Battle of the Vingeanne: Caesar rebuffs with his German auxiliaries an Gallic cavalry attack of Vercingetorix.
  • Summer – Siege of Alesia: Caesar spread out his legions around the Oppidum and builds a string of fortifications.
  • September – Battle of Alesia: Caesar defeats the Gauls led by Vercingetorix (who surrenders on October 3), breaking the back of the Gallic insurrection. The final pacification of Gaul is complete the following year.
  • Winter – Caesar crosses Mons Cevenna (central Gaul) and sends his army through the passes covered with snowdrifts to take the rebellious Arverni by surprise.

Births

• Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)
• Juba II, king of Numidia (d. AD 23)

Deaths

• January 18 – Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo (b. 93 BC)
• Surena, Parthian General (b. 84 BC)