What is 44 BC?
{{year nav|-44}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-43|BC}} Year '''44 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Sunday]] or [[Common year starting on Monday|Monday]] or a [[leap year starting on Friday]] or [[Leap year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] and [[Mark Antony|Antony]]'''. ==Events== *[[March 15]] [[Julius Caesar]], [[Roman dictator|dictator]] of [[Rome]], is assassinated by a group of Roman senators. This date is known as ''The Ides of March''. *[[March 20]] — Caesar's funeral. *Early April — [[Augustus|Octavian]] returns from [[Apollonia]] in [[Dalmatia]] to [[Rome]] to become ruler of Rome, against advice from his mother and stepfather [[Phillipus]]. *June — [[Mark Antony]] promised five years of being governor of northern and central Transalpine Gaul ([[France]]) and [[Cisalpine Gaul]] (Northern [[Italy]]). *[[September 2]] — [[Pharaoh]] [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] makes her son co-ruler as [[Ptolemy XV]] [[Caesarion]]. *[[Comosicus]] succeeds [[Burebista]] as king of [[Dacia]]. {{births}} == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[March 15]] — [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar assassinated]] in the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] * [[July 26]] — Pharaoh [[Ptolemy XIV of Egypt]] (last date mentioned alive) * [[Burebista]], King of [[Dacia]] * [[Antipater the Idumaean]], procurator of [[Iudaea Province|Judaea]] and father of [[Herod the Great]] [[Category:44 BC| ]]