56 BC

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Events

• Roman Republic
• *Consuls: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus and Lucius Marcius Philippus
• *Clodia accuses her former lover Marcus Caelius Rufus of trying to poison her. The trial ends with the defendant acquitted thanks to the Pro Caelio speech of Marcus Tullius Cicero. There is no further mention of the previously famous Clodia.
• *Gallic War:
• **Julius Caesar defeats the Veneti of Brittany: the most decisive battle is the naval action in the Battle of Gulf of Morbihan.

Births

• Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)

Deaths

• Lucullus, consul
• Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia

 

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