57 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

57 BC Chr.
Riverside Axona defeated Julius Caesar the Belger .
57 BC In other calendars
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	Start of the calendar
Buddhist calendar	487/488 (southern Buddhism); 486/487 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	43./44. (44./45.) Cycle , year of the wood-rat甲子 ( at the beginning of the year water-pig 癸亥)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 180th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3704/05
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DCXCVII (697)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 254/255; Syria: 255/256

Events

Roman Empire

• Battle of Octodurum ( Martigny ). The attempt of the Romans to secure the direct connection between Italy and Northern Gaul ( Great St. Bernard Pass ) through Galba failed for the time being.
• Submission of the Belgians by Caesar .

Parthian Empire

• Mithridates III. and his brother Orodes II murder their father Phraates III. and together ascend the throne as kings of the Parthians .

Korea

Map of the four kingdoms on the Korean peninsula at the end of the 5th century

• The kingdom of Saro ( Silla ) in the southeast of the Korean peninsula gains independence from the Chinese Han dynasty . This marks the beginning of the three kingdoms of Korea .

Died

• Phraates III. , Parthian king
• around 57 BC Chr .: Cleopatra VI. , Egyptian queen (* around 95 BC )

Web links

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