AD 51

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Calendar year

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Millennium
1st millennium
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1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
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30s 40s 50s 60s 70s
Years
48 49 50 AD 51 52 53 54
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AD 51 in various calendars
Hindu calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 51 LI
Ab urbe condita	804
Assyrian calendar	4801
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−543 – −542
Berber calendar	1001
Buddhist calendar	595
Burmese calendar	−587
Byzantine calendar	5559–5560
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2748 or 2541 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2749 or 2542
Coptic calendar	−233 – −232
Discordian calendar	1217
Ethiopian calendar	43–44
Hebrew calendar	3811–3812
- Vikram Samvat	107–108
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3151–3152
Holocene calendar	10051
Iranian calendar	571 BP – 570 BP
Islamic calendar	589 BH – 588 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 51 LI
Korean calendar	2384
Minguo calendar	1861 before ROC 民前1861年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1417
Seleucid era	362/363 AG
Thai solar calendar	593–594
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་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

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.