5 BC
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NOTOC 5 BC was a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. In the Roman world, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sulla (or, less frequently, '*year 749 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 5 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.
Events
- March – Probable nova in the constellation Aquila.
- c. December – Probable supernova in the constellation Capricornus.
Births
- January 15 – Guang Wu, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. AD 57)
- Aemilia Lepida, Roman noblewoman and fiancée of Claudius (d. AD 43)
- Domitia Lepida, daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major (d. AD 54)
- Lucius Vitellius the Elder, Roman consul and governor of Syria (d. AD 51)
- The birthdates of John the Baptist and Jesus are not generally known, but 5 BC is often assumed to be the date. The spring Passover feast (often around April 21) has been cited as a possible date for the birth of Christ, assuming that this had relevance to being a Messiah claimant, or that his birthday might have been related to Passover. Others theologically tie his birth to Sukkot, the fall Feast of Tabernacles.
- John the Baptist (d. c. AD 30)
- Biblically between 16 September - 23 September – Jesus (Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles)
- as of a Church decision in 336AD 25 December – Jesus
Deaths
- Acme (enslaved woman), Jewish slave and personal maid in the service of the Empress Livia Drusilla, wife of Augustus
- Curia, Roman noblewoman and wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo
References
References
- Matthews, Roberts. (2011). "Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs". Oneworld.
- (December 2, 2021). "Breaking News! Jesus was indeed born in December! Christmas is correctly dated!". The Baltimore Times.
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