44 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC 1st century
Decades:	60sBC 50sBC 40sBC 30sBC 20sBC
Years:	47BC 46BC 45BC 44BC 43BC 42BC 41BC

44 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	44 BC XLIV BC
Ab urbe condita	710
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,280
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII,8
Ancient Greek era	184thOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4707
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−636
Berber calendar	907
Buddhist calendar	501
Burmese calendar	−681
Byzantine calendar	5465–5466
Chinese calendar	Bính tửNăm (FireRat) 2654 or 2447 — to — Đinh Sửu năm (FireOx) 2655 or 2448
Coptic calendar	−327 – −326
Discordian calendar	1123
Ethiopian calendar	−51 – −50
Hebrew calendar	3717–3718
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	13–14
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	3057–3058
Holocene calendar	9957
Iranian calendar	665 BP – 664 BP
Islamic calendar	685 BH – 684 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	44 BC XLIV BC
Korean calendar	2290
Minguo calendar	1955 beforeROC Dân trước 1955 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1511
Seleucid era	268/269AG
Thai solar calendar	499–500
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa chuột năm (male Fire-Rat) 83 or −298 or −1070 — to — Âm hỏa ngưu năm (female Fire-Ox) 84 or −297 or −1069

The Roman empire in 44 BC (in dark and light red and orange)

Year44 BCwas either acommon yearstarting on Sunday, common year starting on Monday,leap yearstarting on Friday, or leap year starting on Saturday. (the sources differ, seeleap year errorfor further information) and acommon year starting on Sundayof theProleptic Julian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofJulius CaesarV andMarc Antony(or, less frequently,year 710Ab urbe condita). The denomination 44 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

44 BC is well known as in the year Julius Caesar was assassinated (March 15).

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Consuls:Gaius Julius CaesarandMark Antony.
• February –Romecelebrates the festival of theLupercal.Mark Antony twice presentsCaesarwith aroyaldiadem,urging him to take it and declare himself king. He refuses this offer and orders thecrownto be placed in theTemple of Jupiter.
• March 15(theIdes of March) – Julius Caesar,dictatorofRome,isassassinatedby a group ofsenators,amongst themGaius Cassius Longinus,Marcus Junius Brutus,and Caesar'sMassiliannaval commander,Decimus Brutus.
• March 20– Caesar's funeral is held. Marcus Antony gives aeulogyand in his speech he makes accusations ofmurderand ensures a permanent breach with theconspiratorsagainst Caesar. He snatches Caesar's bloody tunic and purpletogato show the crowd the stab wounds; the citizens tear apart theforumand cremate their Caesar on a makeshiftpyre.Antony becomes the highest ranking politician in Rome.
• April –Octavianreturns fromApolloniainDalmatiatoRometo take up Caesar's inheritance, against advice fromAtia(his mother andCaesar's niece) andconsulAntony.
• April 18–April 21– Octavian engages in acharm offensivewith consularCicerowho is fulminating againstMark Antony.
• June – Antony is granted a five-year governorship of northern and centralTransalpine Gaul(France) andCisalpine Gaul(NorthernItaly).
• September 2
  • PharaohCleopatra VII of Egyptdeclares her son co-ruler asPtolemy XV Caesarion.
  • The first of Cicero'sPhilippicae(oratorical attacks) on Antony is published. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.
• December – Antony besiegesBrutus AlbinusinMutina(Modena), withOctavian,an ally of Decimus, who is one of his uncle's assassins, close by.

Europe

• ComosicussucceedsBurebistaas king ofDacia.

Births

• Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso,Roman statesman and governor (d.20 AD)

Deaths

• March 15–Julius Caesar,Roman politician and general (assassinated in theTheatre of Pompey)(b.100 BC)
• July 26–Ptolemy XIV,king (pharaoh) ofEgypt(approximate date)
• Burebista,Thracian king of theGetaeandDaciantribes
• Lucius Caninius Gallus,Roman politician
• Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus,Roman consul
• Publius Sittius,Roman Mercenary commander