51

AD 51 in other calendars
Gregorian calendarAD 51
LI
Ab urbe condita804
Assyrian calendar4801
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−542
Berber calendar1001
Buddhist calendar595
Burmese calendar−587
Byzantine calendar5559–5560
Chinese calendar庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
2747 or 2687
    — to —
辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
2748 or 2688
Coptic calendar−233 – −232
Discordian calendar1217
Ethiopian calendar43–44
Hebrew calendar3811–3812
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat107–108
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3151–3152
Holocene calendar10051
Iranian calendar571 BP – 570 BP
Islamic calendar589 BH – 588 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarAD 51
LI
Korean calendar2384
Minguo calendar1861 before ROC
民前1861年
Nanakshahi calendar−1417
Seleucid era362/363 AG
Thai solar calendar593–594
Tibetan calendarལྕགས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་
(male Iron-Dog)
177 or −204 or −976
    — to —
ལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་
(female Iron-Boar)
178 or −203 or −975

AD 51 (LI) was a common year starting on Friday 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

References