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- Roman Republic
- ---, Publius Servilius Isauricus
- --- Civil War :
-- January 4, Caesar lands at Dyrrhachium ( Durazzo )
-- March, Mark Antony joins Caesar
-- April, Siege of Dyrrhachium
-- May, Isauricus , co-consul with Julius Caesar , destroys Caelius 's magistrate's chair on his tribunal.
-- July 10 - Battle Of Dyrrhachium , Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedon ia; he retreats to Thessaly .
-- and Pompey flees to Egypt .
-- Caesar is named Consul for a period of five years
-- Roman Temple to Bellona on the Capitolinus outside Rome is burnt to the ground.
-- September 28, Caesar learns that Pompey has been assassinated by his own men.
-- Siege of Alexandria
-- October, Pharnaces , King of Bosporus defeats the Caesarian Domitius Calvinus in the Battle of Nicopolis (or Nikopol)
-- December - Battle in Alexandria , Egypt between the forces of Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII Of Egypt and those of rival King Ptolemy XIII Of Egypt and Queen Arsinoe IV . The latter two are defeated and flee the city, but during the battle part of the Library Of Alexandria catches fire and is burned down.
- China
- --- Yuan becomes emperor of the Han Dynasty