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Calendar year
Year 43 BC was either a
common year starting on Sunday ,
Monday or
Tuesday or a
leap year starting on Sunday or
Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar (the sources differ, see
leap year error for further information) and a
common year starting on Monday of the
Proleptic Julian calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pansa and Hirtius (or, less frequently, year 711
Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 43 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
Consuls :
Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and
Aulus Hirtius . The
Roman Senate confirms
Octavian as
propraetor with joint responsibility for the campaign against Antony. Hirtius and Octavian mobilize
troops for the march to
Mutina , while Pansa continues the
levy . Embassy dispatched to treat with Antony.
January 7 –
Octavian is given
imperium , marking the start of his public career.
[1]
Marcus Junius Brutus proceeds to secure his position in
Thrace and
Macedonia .
Gaius Cassius Longinus campaigns in
Syria and defeats the army of
Publius Cornelius Dolabella at
Laodicea .
March – Vibius Pansa set out to link up with Hirtius and Octavian, bringing four
legions of
recruits , having left one, the legio urbana , to defend
Rome .
April 14 –
Battle of Forum Gallorum :
Mark Antony , besieging
Caesar 's assassin
Decimus Brutus Albinus in
Mutina , defeats the forces of the consul
Pansa , but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul,
Hirtius . Both consuls are killed (Hirtius does not die until after the
Battle of Mutina ).
April 16 – Octavian is first proclaimed
imperator by his troops.
[1]
April 21
Antony marches to
Parma (which is sacked) and
Placentia . He then crosses the
Ligurian Alps to
Vada Sabatia , 50 km (31 mi) south-west of
Genoa , and joins with
Aemilius Lepidus , soon after Decimus Brutus is killed by
brigands . The Senate declares Antony a
hostis , an enemy of the state.
Sextus Pompey becomes supreme commander of the
Roman navy and Gaius Cassius
proconsul of
Syria .
Summer – Gaius Cassius captures
Rhodes after they refuse to pay
tribute . Their fleet is defeated by
Roman galleys in the
Aegean Sea . He lands a military force on the island and plunders the city. Cassius puts to death 50 of the leading citizens and seizes all the gold he can lay hands on.
[2]
July–August – Antony is again at the head of a large army; Octavian enters
Rome in force without opposition. It is clear that Cicero's plan to divide them against each other has failed.
August 19 –
Octavian takes office as
consul . He's prevailed to pass the lex Pedia , a law establishing the murder of Caesar as a capital crime.
November 26 – Octavian meets Antony and
Lepidus in
Bononia and the three enter into an official five-year autocratic pact, the
Second Triumvirate (see
lex Titia ). To cement their reconciliation Octavian agrees to marry
Claudia , a daughter of Antony's wife
Fulvia by her former husband
Publius Clodius Pulcher .
November – The triumvirs introduce
proscriptions in which allegedly 130 senators and 2,000
equites are branded as
outlaws and deprived of their property.
December 7 –
Marcus Tullius Cicero is killed in
Formiae in a
litter going to the seaside, by a party led by Herennius (a
centurion ) and Popilius (a military
tribune ). His head and hands are displayed on the
Rostra in the
Forum Romanum .
[3]
Gaul
Asia
Births
Deaths
April 22 –
Gaius Vibius Pansa , Roman consul and general (killed in battle)
December 7 –
Cicero , Roman statesman and orator (murdered) (b.
106 BC )
[5]
Antipater the Idumaean , Jewish founder of the
Herodian dynasty (murdered)
Atia , niece of
Julius Caesar and mother of
Augustus (b.
85 BC )
Aulus Hirtius , Roman consul and historian (killed in battle)
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus , Roman statesman (murdered) (b. c. 81 BC)
Decimus Laberius , Roman nobleman and
Latin writer (b. c.
105 BC )
Gaius Trebonius , Roman politician (assassin of Julius Caesar)
Gaius Verres , Roman politician and governor (b. c.
120 BC )
Lucius Calpurnius Piso , Roman consul and governor (b. c.
100 BC )
Lucius Minucius Basilus , Roman politician (assassin of Julius Caesar, murdered by his own slaves)
Lucius Roscius Fabatus , Roman politician (killed in battle)
Pontius Aquila , Roman politician (assassin of Julius Caesar)
Publius Cornelius Dolabella ,
suffect consul after the
assassination of Julius Caesar (b.
70 BC )
Publilius Syrus , Syrian comic dramatist and Latin writer
Quintus Pedius , suffect consul after the assassination of Julius Caesar
Quintus Tullius Cicero , Roman statesman and general (b.
102 BC )
Servius Sulpicius Rufus , Roman politician and
jurist (b. c. 106 BC)
References
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