50 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Metal sheep辛未( at the beginning of the year metal horse庚午)
Syria: 262/263
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus is Consul of the Roman Empire.
- C. Furnius and C. Curio Scribonius are the tribunes of the Roman Republic.
- Although there are under Gaius Julius Caesar Roman smaller operations in Central Gaul, the province is finally secured militarily after the Gallic War.
Economy and culture
- 50 BC: The Romans begin with the mining of Carrara marble.
Died
- Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, Roman politician (* 114 BC)
- 50 BC: Marcus Valerius Messala Niger, Roman politician (c. 104 BC)
Others
- Around this year playing invented by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Adventures of Asterix.