Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC
Years: 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC
Events Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain. Ambiorix revolts in Gaul. Births Seneca the Elder (approximate date) - Roman rhetor Tibullus (approximate date) - Roman poet. Deaths Caius Valerius Catullus - Roman poet. Julia Caesaris - daughter of Julius Caesar, wife of Pompey; of childbirth