50 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

50 BC Chr.
After the Gallic War , the Roman province of Gaul is finally considered militarily secured.
The world around 50 BC Chr.
50 BC Chr. In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	494/495 (southern Buddhism); 493/494 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	44th (45th) cycle , year of the metal sheep辛未 ( at the beginning of the year metal horse 庚午)
Greek calendar	2nd / 3rd Year of the 182nd Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3711/12
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DCCIV (704)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 261/262; Syria: 262/263
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	7/8

The eastern hemisphere around 50 BC Chr.

Events

Politics and world events

The Roman Empire 50 BC Chr.

• Gaius Claudius Marcellus is consul of the Roman Empire .
• C. Furnius and C. Scribonius Curio are tribunes of the Roman Republic .
• Although there were still minor Roman operations in central Gaul under Gaius Iulius Caesar , the province was finally militarily secured after the Gallic War .

Economy and culture

• around 50 BC BC: The Romans begin mining Carrara marble .

Died

• Quintus Hortensius Hortalus , Roman politician (* 114 BC )

• around 50 BC Chr .: Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger , Roman politician (* around 104 BC )

Others

• Around this year, the adventures of Asterix, invented by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo , take place .

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