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  • Roman Republic (Present-Day Rome, Italy)
    46 BC
    Roman Republic

    Caesar raised the membership of the Senate to 900

    Roman Republic (Present-Day Rome, Italy)
    46 BC

    In 46, Caesar was given censorial powers, which he used to fill the senate with his own partisans. Caesar then raised the membership of the Senate to 900.




  • Córdoba, Spain
    46 BC
    Roman Republic

    Caesar lost third of his army

    Córdoba, Spain
    46 BC

    In 46 Caesar lost perhaps as much as a third of his army but ultimately came back to defeat the Pompeian army of Metellus Scipio in the Battle of Thapsus, after which the Pompeians retreated yet again to Hispania. Caesar then defeated the combined Pompeian forces at the Battle of Munda.




  • Rome, Italy
    46 BC
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra VII visited Rome

    Rome, Italy
    46 BC

    Cleopatra VII and her nominal joint ruler Ptolemy XIV visited Rome sometime in late 46 BC.




  • Rome, Italy
    46 BC
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra traveled to Rome

    Rome, Italy
    46 BC

    Cleopatra traveled to Rome as a client queen in 46 and 44 BC, staying at his villa. Following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC Cleopatra attempted to have Caesarion named as his heir.




  • Rome, Italy
    46 BC
    Cleopatra

    The Temple of Venus Genetrix

    Rome, Italy
    46 BC

    The Temple of Venus Genetrix, established in the Forum of Caesar on 25 September 46 BC, contained a golden statue of Cleopatra, associating the mother of Caesar's child directly with the goddess Venus, mother of the Romans.




  • Thapsus (Present-Day Tunisia)
    Monday Jun 4, 46 BC
    Roman Republic

    Battle of Thapsus

    Thapsus (Present-Day Tunisia)
    Monday Jun 4, 46 BC

    The Battle of Thapsus was an engagement in Caesar's Civil War that took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus (in modern Tunisia).




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