52 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC 1st century
Decades:	70sBC 60sBC 50sBC 40sBC 30sBC
Years:	55BC 54BC 53BC 52BC 51BC 50BC 49BC

52 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	52 BC LII BC
Ab urbe condita	702
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,272
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes,29
Ancient Greek era	182ndOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4699
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−644
Berber calendar	899
Buddhist calendar	493
Burmese calendar	−689
Byzantine calendar	5457–5458
Chinese calendar	Mậu ThìnNăm (EarthDragon) 2646 or 2439 — to — Kỷ Tị năm (EarthSnake) 2647 or 2440
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	3049–3050
Holocene calendar	9949
Iranian calendar	673 BP – 672 BP
Islamic calendar	694 BH – 693 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2282
Minguo calendar	1963 beforeROC Dân trước 1963 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1519
Seleucid era	260/261AG
Thai solar calendar	491–492
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ long năm (male Earth-Dragon) 75 or −306 or −1078 — to — Âm thổ xà năm (female Earth-Snake) 76 or −305 or −1077

This article is about the year 52 BC. For The Flintstones-themed American new wave band, seeThe B.C. 52's.

TheSiege of Alesia(52 BC)

Vercingetorixsurrenders toJulius Caesar

Year52 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Pompeius and Scipio(or, less frequently,year 702Ab urbe condita). The denomination 52 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Consuls:Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio NasicaandGnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
• Gnaeus Pompeius marriesCornelia Metella.
• Milois tried for themurderof Clodius. DespiteCicero's legal defence (Pro Milone) he is found guilty and exiled in Massilia (modernMarseille).
• Last year ofJulius Caesar'sGallic Wars:
  • March – Siege and capture ofAvaricum(Bourges).
  • April–May – Siege and repulse fromGergovia.
  • July –Battle of the Vingeanne:Julius Caesar rebuffs, with his Germanauxiliaries,a Gallic cavalry attack ofVercingetorix.
  • Summer – Siege ofAlesia:Julius Caesar spreads out his legions around theOppidumand builds a string of fortifications surrounding the stronghold of Alesia.
  • September –Battle of Alesia:Julius Caesar defeats the Gallic allies coming to aid Vercingetorix, led by his cousin Vercassivellanus. Vercingetorix surrenders on October 3, signalling the Roman conquest of Gaul. The final pacification ofGaulis completed the following year.
  • Winter – Julius Caesar crossesMons Cevenna(centralGaul) and sends his army through the passes covered withsnowdriftsto take the rebelliousArverniby surprise.

Births

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

Deaths

• January 18–Publius Clodius Pulcher,murdered on theAppian WaybyTitus Annius Milo(b.93 BC)
• Cyrus,Roman architect (builder forCicero)
• Sedullos,Gaulish chieftain (b.87 BC)
• Surena,Parthian general (b.84 BC)