50 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Births

Deaths

Fictional references

Events

By place

Rome

★ Consuls: Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor.

★ The Senate refuses Julius Caesar permission to stand for consul ''in absentia'', and demands that he lay down his command.

★ The Roman artillery piece called ''Scorpio'' is invented.

Births

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Deaths

★ Aristobulus II, king of Judea

★ Quintus Hortensius, Roman orator and advocate

Fictional references

★ The Asterix comic books are all set in this year.