47 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century |
| Decades: | 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC |
| Years: | 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Quintus Fufius Calenus, Publius Vatinius.
- Civil War:
- February - Roman general Julius Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII of Egypt defeat the forces of the rival Egyptian Queen Arsinoe IV in the Battle of the Nile. Ptolemy is killed; Caesar then relieves his besieged forces in Alexandria.
- May - Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus, king of the Bosporus, in the Battle of Zela (this is the war that Caesar tersely described veni, vidi, vici).
- Pharaoh Cleopatra VII promotes her younger brother Ptolemy XIV of Egypt to co-ruler.
- August, Caesar quells a mutiny of his veterans in Rome.
- October, Caesar's invasion of Africa, against Metellus Scipio and Labienus, Caesar's former lieutenant in Gaul.
[edit] Asia
- Feng Yuan becomes consort to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.
[edit] Births
- June 23 - Prince Caesarion of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XV.
- Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia.
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt (drowned in the Nile)
- Pharnaces II of Pontusca:47 aC
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