56 BC

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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:	59 BC 58 BC 57 BC - 56 BC - 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC

56 BC by topic

Politics

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Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

56 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	56 BC
Ab urbe condita	698
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1899 – -1898
Berber calendar	895
Buddhist calendar	489
Burmese calendar	-693
Chinese calendar	2581/2641 (甲子年) — to — 2582/2642 (乙丑年)
Coptic calendar	-339 – -338
Ethiopian calendar	-63 – -62
Hebrew calendar	3705 – 3706
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	0 – 1
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3046 – 3047
Holocene calendar	9945
Iranian calendar	677 BP – 676 BP
Islamic calendar	698 BH – 697 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2278
Thai solar calendar	488
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Year 56 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Britain

• This year, or possibly the following year, the king of the Trinovantes, possibly called Imanuentius, is overthrown and killed by his rival Cassivellaunus. His son Mandubracius flees to Gaul and appeals to Julius Caesar for help.

[edit] Rome

• Consuls: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus and Lucius Marcius Philippus.
• Clodia accuses her former lover Marcus Caelius Rufus of trying to poison her. The trial ends with the defendant acquitted thanks to the Pro Caelio speech of Marcus Tullius Cicero. There is no further mention of the previously famous Clodia.
• Gallic War:
  • Julius Caesar defeats the Veneti of Brittany: the most decisive battle is the naval action in the Battle of Gulf of Morbihan.

[edit] Births

• Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)

[edit] Deaths

• Lucullus, consul
• Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia