52 BC

Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] 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.

[edit] Births

• Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)
• Juba II, king of Numidia (d. 23)

[edit] Deaths

• January 18 — Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo (b. 93 BC)
• Surena — Parthian General (b. 84 BC)