Editing 54 BC

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Year '''54 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Appius and Ahenobarbus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 700 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 54 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Consul]]s: [[Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 54 BC)|Appius Claudius Pulcher]] and [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)|Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]].
* Fifth year of [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Gallic Wars]]:
** July &ndash; Second of [[Caesar's Invasions of Britain]]: Julius Caesar receives nominal submission from the tribal chief [[Cassivellaunus]] and installs [[Mandubracius]] as a friendly king.
** Winter &ndash; [[Ambiorix]] revolts in [[Gaul]]. He joins with [[Catuvolcus]] in an uprising against the [[Roman army]]. Caesar's senior officers [[Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta]] and [[Quintus Titurius Sabinus]] are ambushed by the [[Eburones]], and killed along with almost their entire forces.
* [[Pompey]] builds the first permanent [[theatre]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* [[Crassus]] arrives in [[Syria]] as [[proconsul]] and invades the [[Parthian Empire]], initiating the [[Roman–Persian Wars]], which were to last nearly seven centuries.
* [[Octavia the Younger]] and [[Gaius Claudius Marcellus (consul 50 BC)|Gaius Claudius Marcellus]] marry.
* The beginning of the breakup of the [[First Triumvirate]] with the death of Caesar's daughter [[Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)|Julia]] in August.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Augur|Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus]], Roman consul (d. [[AD 25]])
* [[Seneca the Elder]], Roman [[Rhetoric|rhetorician]] and writer
* [[Tibullus]], Roman [[Latin poet|poet]] and writer (d. [[19 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Aurelia Cotta]], mother of [[Julius Caesar]] (b. [[120 BC]])
* [[Ariovistus]], leader of the [[Suebi]] (approximated date)
* [[Catullus|Gaius Valerius Catullus]], Roman poet and writer (b. [[84 BC]])
* [[Empress Huo Chengjun|Huo Chengjun]], empress of the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]]
* [[Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)|Julia]], daughter of Julius Caesar (dies in childbirth) 
* [[Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta]], Roman [[legatus|legate]] of Julius Caesar
* [[Lucius Gellius Publicola (consul 72 BC)|Lucius Gellius Publicola]], Roman politician (approximate date)
* Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Roman tribune and [[praetor]]
* [[Mithridates III of Parthia|Mithridates III]], king of [[Parthia]] (executed by [[Orodes II]]) 
* [[Quintus Laberius Durus]], Roman tribune of Julius Caesar
* [[Quintus Titurius Sabinus]], Roman legate of Julius Caesar

== References ==
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