57 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the wood rat甲子( at the beginning of the year, water - pig癸亥)
Syria: 255/256
Events
Roman Empire
- Battle of Octodurus ( Martigny ). The attempt of the Romans, by Galba the direct link between Italy and northern Gaul to secure (Great St. Bernard Pass ), fails for the time being.
- Subjugation of the Belger by Caesar.
Parthian
- Mithridates III. and his brother Orodes II murder her father Phraates III. and climb into the throne as king of the Parthians.
Korea
- The Kingdom of Saro ( Silla ) in the southeast of the Korean peninsula is gaining its independence from the Chinese Han Dynasty. Beginning of the period of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
Died
- Phraates III. , Parthian king
- By 57 BC. Cleopatra VI, Queen of Egypt (c. 95 BC)