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Year '''47 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 Calenius and Vatinius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 707 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 47 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Consul]]s: [[Quintus Fufius Calenus]], [[Publius Vatinius]].
* [[Julius Caesar]] returns to Rome and is dictator for a year.<ref name=leglay/>
* [[Caesar's Civil War|Civil War]]:
** August &ndash; Julius Caesar leads victory against [[Pharnaces II of Pontus]] and at the [[Battle of Zela]].<ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=129 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
** August &ndash; Julius Caesar quells a mutiny of his veterans in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
** October &ndash; Caesar's invasion of Africa, against [[Metellus Scipio]] and [[Labienus]], Caesar's former lieutenant in [[Gaul]].

==== Egypt ====
* [[January 13]] &ndash; Queen [[Cleopatra VII]] promotes her younger brother [[Ptolemy XIV of Egypt]] to [[co-ruler]].
* February &ndash; Caesar and his ally [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] defeat the forces of the rival [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Queen regnant|Queen]] [[Arsinoe IV]] in the [[Battle of the Nile (47 BC)|Battle of the Nile]]. Ptolemy is killed; Caesar, with the aid of [[Mithridates I of the Bosporus]], then relieves his besieged forces in [[Alexandria]].

==== Anatolia ====
* [[August 2]] &ndash; Caesar defeats [[Pharnaces II of Pontus]], king of the [[Bosphorus]], in the [[Battle of Zela]] (the war Caesar tersely describes as ''[[veni, vidi, vici]]'').

==== Judea ====
* Battle at [[Mount Tabor]] in [[Judea]]: Roman troops, commanded by [[Aulus Gabinius|Gabinius]], defeat the forces of [[Alexander of Judaea|Alexander]], son of [[Aristobulus II]] of [[Judea]], who is attempting to re-establish Judean independence. Some 10,000 Jews die at the hands of the Romans.<!-- The [[Alexander of Judea]] article suggests that this battle took place in 57 BC, which would imply that [[Aulus Gabinius]], who was dead by 47 BC, was the Roman commander. -->

==== China ====
* [[Consort Feng Yuan|Feng Yuan]] becomes consort to Emperor [[Emperor Yuan of Han|Yuan]] of the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]].
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== Births ==
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Caesarion]], prince of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]], later Ptolemy XV (d. [[30 BC]])
* [[Marcus Antonius Antyllus]], son of [[Mark Antony]] and [[Fulvia]] (d. 30 BC)

== Deaths ==
* [[Pharnaces II of Pontus]], king of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]] (b. c. [[97 BC]])
* [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator]], king of Egypt (drowned in the [[Nile]])
* [[Alexander of Judaea|Alexander]], [[Hasmonean]] prince (executed)

== References ==
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