50s BC
50s BC: events by year
Contents: 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC
By place
Roman Republic
Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Bibulus' Social withdrawal from public view to "consult the heavens" in an effort to invalidate Caesar's intended legislation).
Caesar makes the Acta Diurna (Daily News), the world's first daily newspaper, public. The Acta contains details of official decrees and appointments; births, deaths, and marriages. Even sport results—the outcome of the gladiatorial contests and chariot races at the capital.
The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC).
Caesar marries Calpurnia, in Rome.
The colonia of Florentia, modern Florence, founded.
By place
Roman Republic
Consuls: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus and Aulus Gabinius.
Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman tribune, institutes a monthly corn dole for poor Romans, and exiles Cicero from the city.
