| 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: | 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC – 52 BC – 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC |
| 52 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 52 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 702 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1895 – -1894 |
| Berber calendar | 899 |
| Buddhist calendar | 493 |
| Burmese calendar | -689 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5457 – 5458 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (2585/2645) — to —
己巳年(2586/2646) |
| Coptic calendar | -335 – -334 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -59 – -58 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3709 – 3710 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 4 – 5 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3050 – 3051 |
| Holocene calendar | 9949 |
| Iranian calendar | 673 BP – 672 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 694 BH – 693 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2282 |
| Thai solar calendar | 492 |
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 (d. 23)
Deaths
- January 18—Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo (b. 93 BC)
- Surena—Parthian General (b. 84 BC)
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