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Year 46 (XLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asiaticus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 799 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 46 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. The year 46 was the dubbed "The Last Year of Confusion" in that it was the last of a series of extra-long years (it lasted 445 days) resulting from the Julian Reform.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Consuls are Decimus Valerius Asiaticus and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus.
• The settlement at Celje gets municipal rights and is named municipium Claudia Celeia.
• Dobruja is annexed into Roman Moesia.
• A census shows that there are more than 6,000,000 Roman citizens.
• After the death of its king, Thracia becomes a Roman province.
• Rome and its northeast border are reunited by the Danube Road.

Asia

• A drought and an invasion of locusts hit the Mongolian steppes, causing a famine and a revolt at Xiongnu.

Births

• Plutarch, Greek historian (approximate date)

Deaths

• Roimitalkes III of the Thracian Kingdom of Sapes (murdered)

References