What is 43 BC?
{{Year nav|-43}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-42|BC}} Year '''43 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Sunday]], [[Common year starting on Monday|Monday]] or [[Common year starting on Tuesday|Tuesday]] or a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] or [[Leap year starting on Monday|Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus|Pansa]] and [[Aulus Hirtius|Hirtius]]'''. ==Events== * [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] defeats [[Gaius Antonius]] at [[Dyrrachium]] * The Senate declares Antony an enemy of the state * [[Sextus Pompey]] becomes supreme commander of the [[Roman navy]] * [[Augustus|Gaius Octavian]] meets Antony and [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Lepidus]] in [[Bologna|Bononia]]. The three make an official five-year pact, the [[Second Triumvirate]]. * [[Lugdunum]] ([[Lyon]]) is founded. == Births == {{births2}} * [[Publius Ovidius Naso]] (Ovid), Roman poet (d. [[17]]/[[18]]) * Princess [[Iotapa (daughter of Artavasdes I)|Iotapa]] of [[Medes|Media]] == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Porcia Catonis]], wife of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] (b. [[70 BC]]) * [[Cicero]], Roman politician and author (b. [[106 BC]]) * [[Atia Balba Caesonia]], niece of [[Julius Caesar]] and mother of [[Augustus]] (b. [[85 BC]]) * [[Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus|Decimus Brutus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] statesman (b. c. [[85 BC]]) * [[Publius Cornelius Dolabella]], [[Roman consul|consul]] (b. [[70 BC]]) * [[Hirtius]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] statesman (b. c. [[90 BC]]) * [[Quintus Tullius Cicero]] (b. [[102 BC]]) * [[Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus|Pansa]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] statesman * [[Trebonius]], [[assassination|assassin]] of [[Julius Caesar]] (b. c. [[92 BC]]) * [[Verres]], corrupt [[praetor]] (b. c. [[120 BC]]) * [[Antipater the Idumaean]] [[Category:43 BC|*]]