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Year 47 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In this year Julius Caesar was Dictator of the Roman Republic.
Events
- Caesar stops a mutiny
- Caesar invades Africa
- Cleopatra VII promotes her younger brother Ptolemy XIV of Egypt to co-ruler
- Julius Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII of Egypt defeat the forces of the rival Egyptian Queen Arsinoe IV
- Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus, king of the Bosporus, in the Battle of Zela
- Feng Yuan becomes consort to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty
Births
- for more information, see Category:47 BC births.
- Prince Caesarion of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XV (d. 30 BC)
Deaths
- Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Pharaoh of Egypt (b. 62 or 61 BC)