What is 46 BC?
{{year nav|-46}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-45|BC}} Year '''46 BC''' was the last 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 [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Lepidus]]'''. ==Events== * [[Titus Labienus]] defeated [[Julius Caesar]] in the [[Battle of Ruspina]]. * [[Julius Caesar]] defeated the combined army of [[Pompey|Pompeian]] followers and [[Numidian]]s at [[Battle of Thapsus|Thapsus]]. * Caesar leaves for Farther [[Hispania]] to deal with rebellion in Rome. * Caesar changes the [[Roman calendar]] to create the [[Julian calendar]]. The ''Julian Calendar'' remains the standard in the [[western world]] until the [[Gregorian Calendar]] in [[1582]]. * Caesar appoints his nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] his heir. ==Births== {{births2}} * [[Publius Quinctilius Varus]], Roman politician (d. [[9 AD]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} *[[Cato the Younger]] (Marcus Porcius Cato) (b. [[95 BC]]) *[[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica|Metellus Scipio]] (b. c. [[100 BC]]) *[[Vercingetorix]], Gaul leader [[Category:46 BC| ]]