44 BC
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| align="right" | Centuries :2nd century BC · 1st century BC 1st century
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Events
Roman Republic *Consul s: Gaius Julius Caesar , Marcus Antonius *March 15 - (the Ides of March Julius Caesar , dictator of Rome , is assassinated by a group of Roman senators , amongst them Gaius Cassius Longinus , Marcus Junius Brutus , and Caesar 's Massilian naval commander, Decimus Brutus . Caesar 's famous last quote - coined by William Shakespeare in his play Julius Caesar not spoken (see: "Et tu, Brute ? *March 20 - Caesar's funeral. *Early April - Octavius returns from Apollonia in Dalmatia to Rome to take up Caesar's inheritance, against advice from Atia (his mother and Caesar 's niece) and consular step-father Phillipus. *April 18 to 21 - Octavius engages in charm offensive with consular Cicero who is fulminating against Mark Antony . *June - Antony granted a five-year governorship of northern and central Transalpine Gaul (France ) and Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy ). *September 2 - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion . *September 2 – First of Cicero's Philippic s *December - Antony besieges Decimus Brutus in Mutina (Modena ), with Octavian , an ally of Decimus , one of his uncle's assassins, close by. Europe *Comosicus succeeds Burebista as king of Dacia . Births
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