53 BC

53 BC
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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades:	80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC
Years:	56 BC 55 BC 54 BC - 53 BC - 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC

**53 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	53 BC
Ab urbe condita	701
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1896 – -1895
Berber calendar	898
Buddhist calendar	492
Burmese calendar	-690
Byzantine calendar	5456 – 5457
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (2584/2644) — to — 戊辰年 (2585/2645)
Coptic calendar	-336 – -335
Ethiopian calendar	-60 – -59
Hebrew calendar	3708 – 3709
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	3 – 4
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3049 – 3050
Holocene calendar	9948
Iranian calendar	674 BP – 673 BP
Islamic calendar	695 BH – 694 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2281
Thai solar calendar	491
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Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

Consuls: Marcus Valerius Messalla and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus.
Parthian war
- Crassus sacks the Temple of Hierapolis and the Temple of Jerusalem on his way to engage the Parthians.
- Battle of Carrhae: Romans defeated, and Crassus killed, by Parthians led by Surena.
Gallic War
- Caesar defeats a revolt led by Ambiorix near Sabis.
- Vercingetorix, an Arverni chieftain, leads a revolt against Caesar in Central Gaul.

Armenia

Artavasdes II becomes king of Armenia.

Births

Yang Xiong, Chinese philosopher (d. 18)

Deaths

Marcus Licinius Crassus (b. c. 115 BC)
Abgar II, prince of Osroene

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