What happened in 44 BC?
Assassination of Julius Caesar, Calpurnia and Augusta Raurica — among 20 events recorded in 44 BC. A further 2 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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Assassination of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March, accelerating the fall of the Roman Republic.
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People 9
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Julius Caesar died
Roman general and dictator
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Calpurnia died
Widow of Julius Caesar
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Helvius Cinna died
Roman poet
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Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus died
Roman consul 79 BC
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Gaius Claudius Marcellus Major died
Roman consul 49 BC
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Theophanes of Mytilene died
1st century BC Greek historian and friend of Pompey
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Publius Sittius died
Roman knight and mercenary
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Pseudo-Marius died
Roman politician claiming to be the grandson of Gaius Marius
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Lucius Caninius Gallus died
Tribune of the plebs in 56 BC
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Augusta Raurica
Archaeological site and former Roman colony town on the southern bank of the Rhine near Augst in the canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 2 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 44 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 44 BC.
1st century BC 2
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Gaius Cassius Longinus died
Roman consul 73 BC
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Gaius Cassius Longinus
Roman consul 73 BC
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