Events

• Roman Republic
  • Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio 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 (today Marseille)
  • Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars -
    • March - Siege of and captures of Avaricum (Bourges)
    • April-May - Siege and repulse from Gergovia
    • July - Battle of the Vingeanne, an indecisive battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix
    • July - Siege of Alesia begins
    • October - Romans defeat Gauls led by Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia, thus breaking the back of the Gallic insurrection. The final pacification of Gaul is complete the following year.

Births

• Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)
• Juba II, king of Numidia

Deaths

• January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo.
• Surena - Parthian General (b. 84 BC)
• Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt

52 BC

52 v.C. | 52 aC | 52 f.Kr. | 52 v. Chr. | 52 adC | -52 | K. a. 52 | -52 | 기원전 52년 | 52 p.n.e. | 52 aK | 52 SM | 52 a.C. | 52 לפנה"ס | -52 | I. e. 52 | 52 SM | 52 v. Chr. | 52 AC | 52 f.Kr. | -52 | 52 p.n.e. | 52 a.C. | 52 î.Hr. | 52 до н. э. | 52 BC | 52 pr. n. št. | 52. пне. | 52 eaa | 52 f.Kr. | MA 52 | พ.ศ. 492 | 52 до Р.Х. | 前52年