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	Cp	2nd century BC
	C	1st century BC
	Cf	1st century
	Yp1	49 BC
	Yp2	48 BC
	Yp3	47 BC
	Year	46 BC
	Ya1	45 BC
	Ya2	44 BC
	Ya3	43 BC
	Dp3	70s BC
	Dp2	60s BC
	Dp1	50s BC
	D	40s BC
	Dn1	30s BC
	Dn2	20s BC
	Dn3	10s BC

EVENTS

Roman Republic

---, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

--- Civil War :

-- February 6 – Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidian s under Metellus Scipio and Juba at Thapsus .

-- April 20 – Cicero , in Rome, writes to Varro "If our voices are no longer heard in the Senate and in the Forum , let us follow the example of the ancient sages and serve our country through our writings, concentrating on questions of ethics and constitutional law."

-- November – Caesar leaves for Farther Hispania to deal with a fresh outbreak of resistance.

--Caesar is "elected" Pontifex Maximus for life, and reforms the Roman calendar to create the Julian Calendar . The transitional year is extended to 445 days to synchronize the new calendar and the seasonal cycle. The ''Julian Calendar'' would remain the standard in the Western World for over 1600 years, until superceeded by the Gregorian Calendar in 1582 .

--Caesar gets drunk and hits a member of the Roman Senate .

--Caesar appoints his nephew Octavian his heir.

--Caesar subdues a mutiny of his Tenth Legion.

--Caesar celebrates his Gallic Triumph , after which Vercingetorix is executed.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

Marcus Porcius Cato, The Younger commits suicide after the Battle Of Thapsus

Metellus Scipio (''Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Cornelianus Scipio Nasica'') killed at the Battle Of Thapsus while his forces attempt to surrender.

Vercingetorix , Gaul leader