52 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century

Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC

Years: 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC

Events

• Milo is tried for the murder of Clodius. Despite Cicero's legal defence he is found guilty and exiled in Massilia (today Marseille).
• Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars: Romans defeat Gauls led by Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia.

• Gallic Wars (58 BC-52 BC)

Births

Deaths

• January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo.