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47 BC
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC - 40s BC - 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s
Years: 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC
Events
- 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 .
- May - Julius Caesar defeated 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 of Egypt promotes her younger brother Ptolemy XIV of Egypt to co-ruler.
Births
- June 23 - Prince Caesarion of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XV.
- Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia.
Deaths
- January 13 - Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt (drowned in the Nile)
- Pharnaces II of Pontus
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