- 55 BC
__NOTOC__Year 55 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
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Consul s:Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
*ConsulsMarcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus pass theLex Trebonia .
*Gallic War
**May —Julius Caesar defeats a Germanic army then massacres the women and children, totalling 430,000 people, somewhere near theMeuse andRhine Rivers.
**June — Caesar crosses theRhine River near the modern site ofBonn .Britain
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August 22 orAugust 26 —Julius Caesar commands the first Roman invasion of Britain, likely a reconnaissance-in-force expedition, in response to the Britons giving military aid to his Gallic enemies. He may also be acting in support ofMandubracius , exiled prince of theTrinovantes , whose fatherImanuentius was overthrown and killed by his rivalCassivellaunus around this time. Due to bad weather and revolts inGaul the expedition achieves little, but theRoman Senate decrees twenty days of thanksgiving when the expedition returns safely to Gaul.Parthia
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Mithridates III , claimant to the throne ofParthia , supported byAulus Gabinius , Romangovernor ofSyria , is defeated bySurena ,general underOrodes , in theBattle of Seleucia .Births
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Deaths
*Berenice IV, queen of Egypt
*Lucretius , Roman philosopher
*Tigranes the Great , Armenian Emperor
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