Editing 50s BC

{{Short description|Decade}}
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[[File:World in 50 BCE.PNG|thumb|550px|Map of the world in 50 BC.]]
This article concerns the period '''59 BC – 50 BC'''.
{{Events by year for decade BC|5}}

==Significant people==
* [[Julius Caesar]], Roman politician and general (lived [[100 BC|100]]–[[44 BC]])
* [[Pharaoh]] [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] (lived [[70 BC|70]]/[[69 BC|69]]–[[30 BC]], reigned [[51 BC|51]]–[[30 BC]])—meets [[Julius Caesar]] and later becomes teenager Pharaoh, after her brothers die young.
* [[Pompey]], Roman general (lived [[106 BC]]–[[48 BC]])
* [[Marcus Licinius Crassus]], Roman politician and general (lived [[115 BC|115]]–[[53 BC]])
* [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]], Roman politician (lived [[106 BC|106]]–[[43 BC]])
* [[Vercingetorix]], [[tribal chief|Chieftain]] of the [[Arverni]] (d. [[46 BC]])
* [[Cassivellaunus]], British war-leader
* [[Ariovistus]], German king
* [[Commius]], Gaulish king
* [[Phraates III of Parthia|Phraates III]], King of [[Parthia]] (reigned [[70 BC|70]]–[[57 BC]])
* [[Mithridates III of Parthia|Mithridates III]], king of Parthia and [[Medes|Media]] (reigned [[57 BC|57]]–[[54 BC]])
* [[Orodes II of Parthia|Orodes II]], king of Parthia (reigned [[57 BC|57]]–[[38 BC]])
* [[Surena]], Parthian general (lived [[84 BC|84]]–[[54 BC]])
* [[Bak Hyeokgeose of Silla|Bak Hyeokgeose]], king of [[Silla]] in [[Korea]] ([[69 BC]]–[[AD 4]], reigned [[57 BC]]–AD 4)

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==References==
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