20 BC
Calendar year
Year 20 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was also known as the Year of the Consulship of Appuleius and Nerva (or, less frequently, year 734 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 20 BC 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.
01Events
By place
Roman Empire
- May 12 , Emperor Augustus Caesar negotiates a peace with Parthia, making Armenia a buffer zone between the two major powers. The captured eagles of Marcus Licinius Crassus and Mark Antony are returned.
02Births
- June 3 , Lucius Aelius Sejanus, advisor of Tiberius (d. AD 31)
- Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus Caesar (d. AD 4)
- Lucius Antonius, grandson of Mark Antony d. AD 25)
- Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosopher (d. AD 50)
03Deaths
- Artavasdes I, king of Media Atropatene (approximate date)
- Artaxias II, king of Armenia (Artaxiad dynasty)
- Fuzhulei Ruodi, ruler of the Xiongnu Empire
- Mirian II (or Mirvan), king of Iberia (Georgia)
- Mithridates II, king of Commagene (Armenia)
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