52 BC
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Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
- Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
- Pompey marries Cornelia Metella.
- Milo is tried for the murder of Clodius. Despite Cicero's legal defence (Pro Milone) he is found guilty and exiled in Massilia (today Marseille).
- Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars
- March — Siege and capture of Avaricum (Bourges).
- April–May — Siege and repulse from Gergovia.
- July — Battle of the Vingeanne, an indecisive battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix.
- July — Siege of Alesia begins.
- October - Romans defeat Gauls led by Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia, thus breaking the back of the Gallic insurrection. The final pacification of Gaul is complete the following year.
Births
- Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)
- Juba II, king of Numidia
Deaths
- January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo
- Surena — Parthian General (b. 84 BC)
- Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt
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