48 BC
Year 48 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vatia.
| Gregorian calendar | 48 BC XLVII BC | 
| Ab urbe condita | 706 | 
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 276 | 
| - Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 4 | 
| Ancient Greek era | 183rd Olympiad (victor)¹ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 4703 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A | 
| Bengali calendar | −640 | 
| Berber calendar | 903 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 497 | 
| Burmese calendar | −685 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 5461–5462 | 
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2649 or 2589 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2650 or 2590 | 
| Coptic calendar | −331 – −330 | 
| Discordian calendar | 1119 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | −55 – −54 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 3713–3714 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 9–10 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A | 
| - Kali Yuga | 3053–3054 | 
| Holocene calendar | 9953 | 
| Iranian calendar | 669 BP – 668 BP | 
| Islamic calendar | 690 BH – 689 BH | 
| Javanese calendar | N/A | 
| Julian calendar | N/A | 
| Korean calendar | 2286 | 
| Minguo calendar | 1959 before ROC 民前1959年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1515 | 
| Seleucid era | 264/265 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 495–496 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 79 or −302 or −1074 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 80 or −301 or −1073 | 
Events
    
- Caesar besieges Pompey
- Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt
- Library of Alexandria burned by accident in battle
- Yuan becomes emperor of the Han Dynasty
Births
    
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso, consul under Caesar Augustus (d. AD 32)
- Consort Ban, Chinese concubine of Emperor Cheng of Han, also a female poet and scholar (d. 6 BC)
Deaths
    
- for more information, see Category:48 BC deaths.
- Pompey, Roman politician (b. 106 BC)
- Titus Annius Milo, Roman politician
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