 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| 45 BC |
| | | In the final act of his long struggle with supporters of Pompey, Julius Caesar defeats their last survivors at Munda in Spain | |
| |
|
| 45 BC |
| | | Julius Caesar's new calendar is introduced, at a time when its predecessor has become out of step with the seasons by three months | |
| |
|
| 44 BC |
| | | On March 15, the Ides of March, Julius Caesar is stabbed to death during a meeting of the senate | |
| |
|
| 44 BC |
| | | Mark Antony gives a dramatic speech in praise of Caesar, calming the crowd but also positioning himself for the next stage in an ongoing power struggle | |
| |
|
| 44 BC |
| | | Octavian, an 18-year-old student in Apollonia, hears that he has been named by his uncle, Julius Caesar, as his successor and heir | |
| |
|
| 44 BC |
| | | Soon after the assassination of Caesar, Cleopatra and Caesarion return to Egypt | |
| |
|
| 44 BC |
| | | Cleopatra appoints Caesarion, now aged three, her co-ruler and heir | |
| |
|
| 44 BC |
| | | Cleopatra's brother and co-ruler, Ptolemy XIV, dies – probably at her command | |
| |
|
| 43 BC |
| | | Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus meet in Bologna and form an alliance known as the second triumvirate | |
| |
|
| 42 BC |
| | | Octavian and Mark Antony defeat the armies of Brutus and Cassius at Philippi, after which Brutus and Cassius commit suicide | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |