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Year '''51 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Sulpicius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 703 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 51 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Consul]]s: [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC)|Marcus Claudius Marcellus]] and [[Servius Sulpicius Rufus]].
* [[Pompey]] demands that [[Julius Caesar]] lay down his command before he can stand for [[Roman consul|consul]].
==== Egypt ====
* Spring &ndash; King [[Ptolemy XII Auletes|Ptolemy XII]] ('''Auletes''') dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter [[Cleopatra|Cleopatra VII]] and her younger brother [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator|Ptolemy XIII]] as co-rulers of the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]].
==== Asia ====
* The [[Xiongnu]] split into two hordes. The Eastern horde is subject to [[China]].
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== Births ==
* [[Emperor Cheng of Han|Cheng]], Chinese emperor of the [[Han dynasty]] (d. [[7 BC]])
* [[Quirinius|Publius Sulpicius Quirinius]], Roman [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocrat]] (d. [[21 AD]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia|Ariobarzanes II]] ('''Philopator'''), king of [[Cappadocia]]
* [[Julia Minor (sister of Caesar)|Julia Minor]], sister of [[Julius Caesar]] (b. [[100 BC]])
* [[Marcus Atius Balbus]], Roman [[praetor]] and governor (b. [[105 BC]])
* [[Posidonius]], Greek [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]] and [[geographer]]
* [[Ptolemy XII Auletes|Ptolemy XII]] ('''Auletes'''), king ([[pharaoh]]) of the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]]
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