What is 51 BC?
{{Year nav|-51}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-50|BC}} Year '''51 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 [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC)|Marcellus]] and [[Servius Sulpicius Rufus|Sulpicius]]'''. ==Events== * [[Pompey]] demands that [[Julius Caesar]] end his command * [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra VII]] and her younger brother [[Ptolemy XIII of Egypt|Ptolemy XIII]] begin co-rule of [[Egypt]] * The [[Huns|Hsiung-nu]] split into two hordes == Births == {{births2}} * Publius Sulpicius [[Quirinius]], Roman governor of Syria (d. [[21 AD]]) * [[Emperor Cheng of Han|Cheng]], Emperor of the [[Han Dynasty]] of [[China]] (d. [[7 BC]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Pharaoh]] [[Ptolemy XII of Egypt]] (b. [[117 BC]]) * [[Posidonius]] of Apamea, [[Hellenistic civilization|Greek]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], [[geographer]] (b. c. [[135 BC]]) [[Category:50s BC]]