46

Year 46 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

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)