53 BC

Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Calvinus (or sometimes year 701 Ab urbe condita). This year has been called 53 BC since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the most common way of naming years in Europe.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	56 BC 55 BC 54 BC – 53 BC – 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC

Events

• Marcus Licinus Crassus (115–53 BC) died trying to conquer the Parthians.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:53 BC deaths.

• Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and politician (b. c. 115 BC)