What is 48 BC?
{{Year nav|-48}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-47|BC}} Year '''48 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] and [[Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (consul 48 BCE)|Vatia]]'''. ==Events== * Caesar besieges [[Pompey]] * [[Pompey the Great]] is assassinated on orders of King [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator|Ptolemy]] of [[Egypt]] * [[Library of Alexandria]] burned by accident in battle * [[Emperor Yuan of Han|Yuan]] becomes [[emperor]] of the [[Han Dynasty]] == Births == {{births2}} * [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 15 BC)|Lucius Calpurnius Piso]], [[Roman consul|consul]] under [[Caesar Augustus]] (d. [[32|AD 32]]) * [[Consort Ban]], Chinese concubine of [[Emperor Cheng of Han]], also a female poet and scholar (d. [[6 BC]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Pompey]], Roman politician (b. [[106 BC]]) * [[Titus Annius Milo]], Roman politician [[Category:48 BC|*]]