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12 BC

NOTOC Year 12 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius (or, less frequently, '*year 742 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 12 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

By place

Roman Empire

  • Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus and Publius Sulpicius Quirinius are Roman consuls.
  • Tiberius Claudius Nero summoned to Pannonia due to severe revolt by the Delmatae.
  • Roman armies based at Xanten, Cologne and Mainz campaign beyond the Rhine.
  • First official mention of Argentoratum, the city known in modern times as Strasbourg.
  • Emperor Augustus is given the title Pontifex Maximus.
  • Approximate date – Pyramid of Cestius erected in Rome.

India

  • King Azes II dies. The rule of the Indo-Scythians crumbles as the Kushans, one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi who live in Bactria expand into India to create a Kushan Empire.

By topic

Astronomy

  • Halley's Comet makes an appearance, as recorded by Chinese Astronomers for about 56 days. Written in the Annal of Han as "In the first year of Yuan Yen (12 B.C.), in the Autumn the seventh month, on the day Sing Wei, a comet swept in Gemini, went through Pollux and Castor, and passed over Leo and Virgo. It was then behind the sun about six degrees, and appeared in the east earlier in the morning. After thirteen days the comet became an evening star shining in the west, whence it swept over Arcturus, moved slowly to Serpens, and reached Ophiuchus. After 56 days it disappeared in Scorpio."

Births

  • Agrippa Postumus, son of Julia the Elder and grandson of Augustus (d. AD 14)

Deaths

  • Gaius Caninius Rebilus, Roman senator and suffect consul
  • Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus, Roman consul (b. c. 45 BC)
  • Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman statesman (b. c. 63 BC)
  • Mithridates III, king of Commagene (Armenia)
  • Sextius Propertius, Roman Latin poet and writer (b. c. 50–45 BC)

References

References

  1. "1934PA.....42..191T Page 193".
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