46 BC
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*
Roman Republic**
Consuls:
Gaius Julius Caesar,
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus**
Civil War:
***
January 4 –
Titus Labienus bloodly defeats
Julius Caesar in the
Battle of Ruspina.
***
February 6 – Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of
Pompeian followers and
Numidians 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.
*
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
