57 BC

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:	60 BC 59 BC 58 BC – 57 BC – 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC

57 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	57 BC LVI BC
Ab urbe condita	697
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 267
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 24
Ancient Greek era	180th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4694
Bengali calendar	−649
Berber calendar	894
Buddhist calendar	488
Burmese calendar	−694
Byzantine calendar	5452–5453
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2640 or 2580     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2641 or 2581
Coptic calendar	−340 – −339
Discordian calendar	1110
Ethiopian calendar	−64 – −63
Hebrew calendar	3704–3705
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	0–1
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3045–3046
Holocene calendar	9944
Iranian calendar	678 BP – 677 BP
Islamic calendar	699 BH – 698 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2277
Minguo calendar	1968 before ROC 民前1968年
Seleucid era	255/256 AG
Thai solar calendar	486–487

Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 697 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 57 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Consuls: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior.
• Julius Caesar sent Servius Sulpicius Galba with Legio XII Fulminata into the country of the Nantuates, Seduni and the Veragri. He occupies the oppidum Octodurus (modern Martigny) in Switzerland.
• Gallic Wars:
  • May – Battle of the Axona: Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of the Suessiones.
  • July – Caesar defeats the Nervii in the Battle of the Sabis.
  • September – The siege and capture of Aduatuca (Tongeren) by Caesar.

Parthia

• Mithridates III becomes king of Parthia.

Asia

• Vikramaditya established Vikram era in 57 BC.
• Bak Hyeokgeose becomes the first ruler of the kingdom of Silla (traditional date).
• The city of Gwangju (the sixth largest city in South Korea) is founded.

Deaths

• Phraates III, king of Parthia
• Cleopatra VI of Egypt