AD 46

AD 46 (XLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday 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 AD 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
Years:	43 44 45 AD 46 47 48 49

AD 46 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 46 XLVI
Ab urbe condita	799
Assyrian calendar	4796
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−547
Berber calendar	996
Buddhist calendar	590
Burmese calendar	−592
Byzantine calendar	5554–5555
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2742 or 2682     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2743 or 2683
Coptic calendar	−238 – −237
Discordian calendar	1212
Ethiopian calendar	38–39
Hebrew calendar	3806–3807
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	102–103
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3146–3147
Holocene calendar	10046
Iranian calendar	576 BP – 575 BP
Islamic calendar	594 BH – 593 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 46 XLVI
Korean calendar	2379
Minguo calendar	1866 before ROC 民前1866年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1422
Seleucid era	357/358 AG
Thai solar calendar	588–589
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 172 or −209 or −981     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 173 or −208 or −980

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• 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.
• According to Orosius, there is a serious famine in Syria[1]

Central Asia

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

Births

• Plutarch, Greek historian and biographer (approximate date)[2]

Deaths

• Marcus Vinicius, Roman consul and governor (b. c. 5 BC)[3]
• Rhoemetalces III, Roman client king of Thrace (murdered)
• Servius Asinius Celer, Roman politician (executed)

References

1. Paulus Orosius. Historiae Adversum Paganos. Eodem anno imperii eius fames grauissima per Syriam facta est, quam etiam prophetae praenuntiauerant; sed Christianorum necessitatibus apud Hierosolymam conuectis ab Aegypto frumentis Helena Adiabenorum regina conuersa ad fidem Christi largissime ministrauit. (early 5th century)
2. Asma, Stephen T. (2009). On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears. Oxford University Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780199745777.
3. Chrystal, Paul (2017). Roman Women: The Women who influenced the History of Rome. Fonthill Media. p. 101.