51 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:	54 BC 53 BC 52 BC – 51 BC – 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC

51 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	51 BC L BC
Ab urbe condita	703
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 273
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 1
Ancient Greek era	182nd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4700
Bengali calendar	−643
Berber calendar	900
Buddhist calendar	494
Burmese calendar	−688
Byzantine calendar	5458–5459
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2646 or 2586     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2647 or 2587
Coptic calendar	−334 – −333
Discordian calendar	1116
Ethiopian calendar	−58 – −57
Hebrew calendar	3710–3711
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	6–7
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3051–3052
Holocene calendar	9950
Iranian calendar	672 BP – 671 BP
Islamic calendar	693 BH – 692 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2283
Minguo calendar	1962 before ROC 民前1962年
Seleucid era	261/262 AG
Thai solar calendar	492–493

Year 51 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Sulpicius (or, less frequently, year 703 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 51 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: 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 (d. 21 AD)
• Cheng, Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China (d. 7 BC)

Deaths

• Spring – Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt (b. 117 BC)
• Posidonius of Apamea, Greek philosopher, astronomer, geographer (b. c. 135 BC)