53 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Earth Dragon龙 辰( at the beginning of the year fire - hare丁卯)
Syria: 259/260
Events
- Second crossing of the Rhine Caesar. He wins the Germanic Ubii as allies. After the subjugation of the Gallic nobility throughout Gaul seems pacified.
- Battle of Carrhae: Crassus falls in battle against the Parthians under their generals Surenas.
Born
- 53 BC: Aristobulus, the Hasmonean prince († 36 BC)
Died
- Acco, prince of senones
- Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman politician (* 115 or 114 BC)
- Indutiomarus, Prince of Treverians
- Publius Licinius Crassus, Roman general
- Gaius Curio Scribonius, Roman politician