50 BC

Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paullus and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 704 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 50 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC
Years:	53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC

50 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	50 BC XLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	704
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 274
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 2
Ancient Greek era	182nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4701
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−642
Berber calendar	901
Buddhist calendar	495
Burmese calendar	−687
Byzantine calendar	5459–5460
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2647 or 2587     — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2648 or 2588
Coptic calendar	−333 – −332
Discordian calendar	1117
Ethiopian calendar	−57 – −56
Hebrew calendar	3711–3712
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	7–8
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3051–3052
Holocene calendar	9951
Iranian calendar	671 BP – 670 BP
Islamic calendar	692 BH – 691 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2284
Minguo calendar	1961 before ROC 民前1961年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1517
Seleucid era	262/263 AG
Thai solar calendar	493–494
Tibetan calendar	阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 77 or −304 or −1076     — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 78 or −303 or −1075

The world in 50 BC

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Consuls: Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor.
• The Senate refuses Julius Caesar permission to stand for consul in absentia, and demands that he lay down his command.
• The Roman artillery piece called Scorpio is invented.
• Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus, detail of a wall painting in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, is made (approximate date).
• The Roman Republic takes control of Judea (approximate date).

Births

• Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony
• Gaius Antistius Vetus, Roman consul (d. 1 AD)
• Shammai, Jewish scholar and rabbi (d. 30 AD)

Deaths

• Aristobulus II, king of Judea
• Quintus Hortensius, Roman orator and advocate (b. 114 BC)

In fiction

• The Asterix comic books are all set around this year.

References