53 BC

Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Calvinus (or sometimes year 701 Ab urbe condita). This year has been called 53 BC since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the most common way of naming years in Europe.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	80s BC  70s BC  60s BC  – 50s BC –  40s BC  30s BC  20s BC
Years:	56 BC 55 BC 54 BC – 53 BC – 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC

53 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	53 BC LII BC
Ab urbe condita	701
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 271
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 28
Ancient Greek era	181st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4698
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−645
Berber calendar	898
Buddhist calendar	492
Burmese calendar	−690
Byzantine calendar	5456–5457
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2644 or 2584     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2645 or 2585
Coptic calendar	−336 – −335
Discordian calendar	1114
Ethiopian calendar	−60 – −59
Hebrew calendar	3708–3709
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	4–5
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3048–3049
Holocene calendar	9948
Iranian calendar	674 BP – 673 BP
Islamic calendar	695 BH – 694 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2281
Minguo calendar	1964 before ROC 民前1964年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1520
Seleucid era	259/260 AG
Thai solar calendar	490–491
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 74 or −307 or −1079     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 75 or −306 or −1078

Events

• Marcus Licinus Crassus (115–53 BC) died trying to conquer the Parthians.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:53 BC deaths.

• Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and politician (b. c. 115 BC)