50s BC

This article concerns the period 59 BC – 50 BC.

Significant people

 * Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (lived 100–44 BC)
 * Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (lived 70/69–30 BC, reigned 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 115–53 BC)
 * Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman politician (lived 106–43 BC)
 * Vercingetorix, Chieftain of the Arverni (d. 46 BC)
 * Cassivellaunus, British war-leader
 * Ariovistus, German king
 * Commius, Gaulish king
 * Phraates III, King of Parthia (reigned 70–57 BC)
 * Mithridates III, king of Parthia and Media (reigned 57–54 BC)
 * Orodes II, king of Parthia (reigned 57–38 BC)
 * Surena, Parthian general (lived 84–54 BC)
 * Bak Hyeokgeose, king of Silla in Korea (69 BC–AD 4, reigned 57 BC–AD 4)