Events

• Roman Republic
  • 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 relievs 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
• China
  • Feng Yuan becomes consort to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty

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

47 BC

47 aC | 47 př. n. l. | 47 f.Kr. | 47 v. Chr. | 47 adC | -47 | -47 | 기원전 47년 | 47 p.n.e. | 47 aK | 47 SM | 47 a.C. | 47 לפנה"ס | -47 | I. e. 47 | 47 SM | 47 v. Chr. | 47 AC | 47 f.Kr. | -47 | 47 p.n.e. | 47 a.C. | 47 î.Hr. | 47 до н. э. | 47 pred Kr. | 47 pr. n. št. | 47. пне. | 47 eaa | 47 f.Kr. | MA 47 | พ.ศ. 497 | 47 до Р.Х. | 前47年