43 BC

Year 43 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday or Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pansa and Hirtius.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	70s BC  60s BC  50s BC  – 40s BC –  30s BC  20s BC  10s BC
Years:	46 BC 45 BC 44 BC – 43 BC – 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC

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
• Gaius Octavian meets Antony and Lepidus in Bononia. The three make an official five-year pact, the Second Triumvirate.
• Lugdunum (Lyon) is founded.

Births

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• Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Roman poet (d. 17/18)
• Princess Iotapa of Media

Deaths

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• 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 Brutus, Roman statesman (b. c. 85 BC)
• Publius Cornelius Dolabella, consul (b. 70 BC)
• Hirtius, Roman statesman (b. c. 90 BC)
• Quintus Tullius Cicero (b. 102 BC)
• Pansa, Roman statesman
• Trebonius, assassin of Julius Caesar (b. c. 92 BC)
• Verres, corrupt praetor (b. c. 120 BC)
• Antipater the Idumaean