What is 53 BC?
{{year nav|-53}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-52|BC}} Year '''53 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|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. == Events == * [[Marcus Licinus Crassus]] (115–53 BC) died trying to conquer the [[Parthia]]ns. {{births}} == Deaths== {{deaths2}} *[[Marcus Licinius Crassus]], Roman general and politician (b. c. [[115 BC]]) [[Category:53 BC| ]]