What is 47 BC?
{{Year nav|-47}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-46|BC}} Year '''47 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In this year [[Julius Caesar]] was [[Dictator]] of the [[Roman Republic]]. == Events == * Caesar stops a [[mutiny]] * Caesar invades [[Africa]] * [[Cleopatra VII]] promotes her younger brother [[Ptolemy XIV of Egypt]] to [[co-ruler]] * Julius Caesar and his ally [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] [[defeat]] the forces of the rival [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Queen regnant|Queen]] [[Arsinoe IV]] * Caesar defeats [[Pharnaces II of Pontus]], king of the [[Bosporus]], in the [[Battle of Zela]] * [[Consort Feng Yuan|Feng Yuan]] becomes consort to [[Emperor Yuan of Han|Emperor Yuan]] of the [[Han Dynasty]] == Births == {{births2}} * Prince [[Caesarion]] of [[Egypt]], later [[Pharaoh]] [[Ptolemy XV]] (d. [[30 BC]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator]], [[Pharaoh]] of Egypt (b. [[62 BC|62]] or [[61 BC]]) [[Category:47 BC|*]]