47 BC

Year 47 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

February — Roman general Julius Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII of Egypt defeat the forces of the rival Egyptian Queen Arsinoe IV in the Battle of the Nile. Ptolemy is killed; Caesar then relieves his besieged forces in Alexandria.
May — Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus, king of the Bosporus, in the Battle of Zela (this is the war that Caesar tersely described veni, vidi, vici).
Pharaoh Cleopatra VII promotes her younger brother Ptolemy XIV of Egypt to co-ruler.
August, Caesar quells a mutiny of his veterans in Rome.
October, Caesar's invasion of Africa, against Metellus Scipio and Labienus, Caesar's former lieutenant in Gaul.