52 BC
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Events
- Roman Republic
- Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio 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 of and captures 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.
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Births
- Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)
- Juba II, king of Numidia
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Deaths
- January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo.
- Surena - Parthian General (b. 84 BC)
- Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egyptaf:52 v.C.
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