50 BC

__NOTOC__Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*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.

Births

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Deaths

*Aristobulus II, king of Judea
*Quintus Hortensius, Roman orator and advocate

Fictional references

*The Asterix comic books are all set in this year.