50 BC
Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paullus and Marcellus. The denomination 50 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- Consuls: Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus.
- The Senate recalls Julius Caesar and rescinds his authority. Caesar breaks alliance with Pompey.
- The Roman artillery piece called Scorpio is invented.
- Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus, detail of a wall painting in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, is made.
- The Roman Republic takes control of Judea.
Births
- Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony
- Gaius Antistius Vetus, Roman consul
- Shammai, Jewish scholar and rabbi
Deaths
- Aristobulus II, king of Judea
- Quintus Hortensius, Roman orator and advocate
In fiction
- The Asterix comic books are all set around this year.