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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| 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: | 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Events and trends
- Civil war in Roman Republic between Julius Caesar and forces of the Roman Senate (49 - 45 BC).Julius Caesar emerges victorious and becomes Roman dictator for life.
- Julius Caesar, Roman dictator is assassinated by 23 members of a conspiracy against him. The most prominent among the latter were Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. (March 15, 44 BC).
- Year 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect.
Significant people
- Julius Caesar, Roman dictator (lived 100–44 BC, term 46–44 BC)
- Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician (85–42 BC)
- Mark Antony, Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)
- Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (lived 70/69–30 BC, reigned 51–30 BC) — enters her twenties, has son Caesarion with Julius Caesar, before meeting Mark Antony
- Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus, Roman politician and general (62 BC–14)
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XV Caesarion (lived 47–30 BC, reigned 44–30 BC)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (died 42 BC)
Births
Deaths
- Julius Caesar (March 15)
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