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| AD 51 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | AD 51 LI |
| Ab urbe condita | 804 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4801 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −542 |
| Berber calendar | 1001 |
| Buddhist calendar | 595 |
| Burmese calendar | −587 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5559–5560 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2748 or 2541 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2749 or 2542 |
| Coptic calendar | −233 – −232 |
| Discordian calendar | 1217 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 43–44 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3811–3812 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 107–108 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3151–3152 |
| Holocene calendar | 10051 |
| Iranian calendar | 571 BP – 570 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 589 BH – 588 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 51 LI |
| Korean calendar | 2384 |
| Minguo calendar | 1861 before ROC 民前1861年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1417 |
| Seleucid era | 362/363 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 593–594 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 177 or −204 or −976 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 178 or −203 or −975 |
AD 51 (LI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 804 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 51 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 Empire
- Emperor Claudius and future emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus are Roman Consuls.
- Burrus, praetorian prefect (51–62 AD), charges Seneca with the education of Nero.
- In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeats Caratacus and the Silures in the territory of the Ordovices in central Wales. Caratacus seeks sanctuary with Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes in northern England, but she is a Roman ally and hands him over to Ostorius. Despite the defeat, the Silures continue to fight.
- The captured Caratacus is exhibited in chains in Claudius' triumph in Rome, but his dignified demeanour persuades the emperor to spare his life and allow his family to live free in the capital for a short period of time.
Parthia
- Vonones II dies a few months after he had ascended to the throne. His son Vologases I becomes the new Parthian king.
Deaths
- Gotarzes II, king of the Parthian Empire
- Lucius Vitellius the Elder, Roman consul (b. 5 BC)
- Mithridates of Armenia, Roman client king
- Vonones II, king of the Parthian Empire