56 BC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 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: | 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC - 56 BC - 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC |
| 56 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 56 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 698 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1899 – -1898 |
| Berber calendar | 895 |
| Buddhist calendar | 489 |
| Burmese calendar | -693 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5453 – 5454 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (2581/2641) — to —
乙丑年(2582/2642) |
| Coptic calendar | -339 – -338 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -63 – -62 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3705 – 3706 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 0 – 1 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3046 – 3047 |
| Holocene calendar | 9945 |
| Iranian calendar | 677 BP – 676 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 698 BH – 697 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2278 |
| Thai solar calendar | 488 |
Year 56 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Britain
- This year, or possibly the following year, the king of the Trinovantes, possibly called Imanuentius, is overthrown and killed by his rival Cassivellaunus. His son Mandubracius flees to Gaul and appeals to Julius Caesar for help.
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus and Lucius Marcius Philippus.
- Clodia accuses her former lover Marcus Caelius Rufus of trying to poison her. The trial ends with the defendant acquitted thanks to the Pro Caelio speech of Marcus Tullius Cicero. There is no further mention of the previously famous Clodia.
- Gallic War:
- Julius Caesar defeats the Veneti of Brittany: the most decisive battle is the naval action in the Battle of Gulf of Morbihan.
