| 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: | 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC – 57 BC – 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC |
| 57 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 57 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 697 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1900 – -1899 |
| Berber calendar | 894 |
| Buddhist calendar | 488 |
| Burmese calendar | -694 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5452 – 5453 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2580/2640) — to —
甲子年(2581/2641) |
| Coptic calendar | -340 – -339 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -64 – -63 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3704 – 3705 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -1 – 0 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3045 – 3046 |
| Holocene calendar | 9944 |
| Iranian calendar | 678 BP – 677 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 699 BH – 698 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2277 |
| Thai solar calendar | 487 |
Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
- Consuls: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior.
- Gallic Wars:
- May—Battle of the Axona: Julius Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of the Suessiones.
- July—Caesar defeats the Nervii in the Battle of the Sabis.
- September—the siege and capture of Aduatuca (Tongeren) by Caesar.
Parthia
- Mithridates III becomes king of Parthia.
Asia
- Vikramaditya established Vikram era in 57 BC.
- Bak Hyeokgeose becomes the first ruler of the kingdom of Silla (traditional date).
- The city of Gwangju (the sixth largest city in South Korea) is founded.
Births
Deaths
- Phraates III, king of Parthia
- Cleopatra VI of Egypt
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