- 52 BC
__NOTOC__Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
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Consul s:Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
*Pompey marriesCornelia Metella .
*Milo is tried for the murder of Clodius. DespiteCicero 's legal defence ("Pro Milone ") he is found guilty and exiled in Massilia (todayMarseille ).
*Last year ofJulius Caesar 'sGallic Wars
**March — Siege and capture ofAvaricum (Bourges ).
**April–May — Siege and repulse fromGergovia .
**July —Battle of the Vingeanne , an indecisive battle between Caesar andVercingetorix .
**July — Siege ofAlesia begins.
**October - Romans defeatGaul s led byVercingetorix at theBattle of Alesia , thus breaking the back of the Gallic insurrection. The final pacification of Gaul is complete the following year.Births
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Fenestella , Roman historian (approximate date)
*Juba II , king ofNumidia Deaths
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January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher , murdered on theAppian Way byTitus Annius Milo
*Surena — Parthian General (b.84 BC )
*Ptolemy XII Auletes , king of Egypt
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