54 BC
Calendar year
Year 54 BC was a year of the 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.
Deaths
July 31 – Aurelia Cotta , mother of Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC )Ariovistus , leader of the Suebi (approximated date)Gaius Valerius Catullus , Roman poet and writer (b. 84 BC )Huo Chengjun , empress of the Han Dynasty Julia , daughter of Julius Caesar (dies in childbirth)Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta , Roman legate of Julius CaesarLucius Gellius Publicola , Roman politician (approximate date)Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Roman tribune and praetor
Mithridates III , king of Parthia (executed by Orodes II )Quintus Laberius Durus , Roman tribune of Julius CaesarQuintus Titurius Sabinus , Roman legate of Julius CaesarReferences
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