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.

43 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	43 BC XLII BC
Ab urbe condita	711
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 281
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 9
Ancient Greek era	184th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4708
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−635
Berber calendar	908
Buddhist calendar	502
Burmese calendar	−680
Byzantine calendar	5466–5467
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2654 or 2594     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2655 or 2595
Coptic calendar	−326 – −325
Discordian calendar	1124
Ethiopian calendar	−50 – −49
Hebrew calendar	3718–3719
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	14–15
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3058–3059
Holocene calendar	9958
Iranian calendar	664 BP – 663 BP
Islamic calendar	684 BH – 683 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	43 BC XLII BC
Korean calendar	2291
Minguo calendar	1954 before ROC 民前1954年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1510
Seleucid era	269/270 AG
Thai solar calendar	500–501
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Fire-Ox) 84 or −297 or −1069     — to — ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) 85 or −296 or −1068

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