51 BC

__NOTOC__Year 51 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*Consuls: Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
*Pompey demands that Julius Caesar lay down his command before he can stand for consul.

Egypt

*Spring — Pharaoh Ptolemy XII dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII.

Asia

*The Hsiung-nu split into two hordes. The Eastern horde is subject to China.

Births

*Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman governor of Syria
*Cheng, Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China (d. 7 BC)

Deaths

*Spring — Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt
*Posidonius of Apamea, Greek philosopher, astronomer, geographer