Centuries:	2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades:	80s BC  70s BC  60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC  30s BC  20s BC
Years:	60 BC 59 BC 58 BC - 57 BC - 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC

57 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

57 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	57 BC
Ab urbe condita	697
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1900 – -1899
Berber calendar	894
Buddhist calendar	488
Burmese calendar	-694
Byzantine calendar	5452 – 5453
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2580/2640) — to — 甲子年 (2581/2641)
Coptic calendar	-340 – -339
Ethiopian calendar	-64 – -63
Hebrew calendar	3704 – 3705
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-1 – 0
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3045 – 3046
Holocene calendar	9944
Iranian calendar	678 BP – 677 BP
Islamic calendar	699 BH – 698 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2277
Thai solar calendar	487
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Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

• Consuls: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior.
• Gallic Wars:
  • May — Battle of the Axona: Julius Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of the Suessiones.
  • July — Caesar defeats the Nervii in the Battle of the Sabis.
  • September — the siege and capture of Aduatuca (Tongeren) by Caesar.

Parthia

• Mithridates III becomes king of Parthia.

Asia

• Vikramaditya established Vikram era in 57 BC.
• Bak Hyeokgeose becomes the first ruler of the kingdom of Silla (traditional date).
• The city of Gwangju (the sixth largest city in South Korea) is founded.

Births

Deaths

• Phraates III, king of Parthia
• Cleopatra VI of Egypt