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'''AD 46''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Decimus Valerius Asiaticus|Asiaticus]] and [[Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus (consul AD 46)|Silanus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 799 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 46 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 ==

=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* The settlement at [[Celje]] gets municipal rights, and is named ''municipium Claudia Celeia''.
* [[Dobruja]] is annexed into Roman [[Moesia]].
* A [[census]] shows that there are more than 6,000,000 Roman citizens. 
* After the death of its king, [[Thracia]] becomes a Roman [[province]].
* [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] and its northeast border are reunited by the [[Via Claudia Augusta|Danube Road]].

==== Central Asia ====
* A [[drought]] and an invasion of locusts hit the Mongolian steppes, causing a famine and a revolt at [[Xiongnu]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=de Crespigny |first=Rafe |date=7 June 2004 |title=The Division and Destruction of the Xiongnu Confederacy in the first and second centuries AD |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/42051/4/The%20Division%20and%20Destruction%20of%20the%20Xiongnu%20Confederacy.pdf |journal=The Australian National University |pages=2}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Plutarch]], Greek historian and [[Biography|biographer]] (approximate date)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Asma |first1=Stephen T. |title=On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199745777 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jyRhcvgxKsC&pg=PT57|language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Marcus Vinicius (consul 30)|Marcus Vinicius]], Roman consul and governor (b. c. [[5 BC]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chrystal |first1=Paul |title=Roman Women: The Women who influenced the History of Rome |date=2017 |publisher=Fonthill Media |page=101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAQkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP101 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Rhoemetalces III]], Roman client king of [[Thrace]] (murdered)
* [[Servius Asinius Celer]], Roman politician (executed)

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