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 |
| 47 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 47 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 707 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1890 – -1889 |
| Berber calendar | 904 |
| Buddhist calendar | 498 |
| Burmese calendar | -684 |
| Chinese calendar | 2590/2650 (癸酉年) — to —
2591/2651(甲戌年) |
| Coptic calendar | -330 – -329 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -54 – -53 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3714 – 3715 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 9 – 10 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3055 – 3056 |
| Holocene calendar | 9954 |
| Iranian calendar | 668 BP – 667 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 689 BH – 688 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2287 |
| Thai solar calendar | 497 |
Year 47 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[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 Pontus
