53 BC
year of the pre-Julian calendar
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.
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
change- Marcus Licinus Crassus (115–53 BC) died trying to conquer the Parthians.
Deaths
change- for more information, see Category:53 BC deaths.
- Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and politician (b. c. 115 BC)