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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.
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
- for more information, see Category:43 BC births.
- Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Roman poet (d. 17/18)
- Princess Iotapa of Media
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:43 BC deaths.
- 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