0s BC
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0s BC is usually considered the last decade of the 1st century BC and the 1st millennium BC. However, like the 0s, the number of years in the 0s BC is not always clearly defined. Note that there is no year zero (0) in either the proleptic Gregorian calendar or Julian calendar. Hence 1 BC is followed by the year AD 1.
AD 1 is the first year of the Anno Domini era (also known as the Common Era). In 525 (the consulship of Probus Junior Flavius Probus), a Christian monk named Dionysius Exiguus stated that the incarnation of Jesus occurred 525 years earlier. Whether Dionysius regarded "incarnation" as Jesus' birth or conception, and whether Dionysius placed it in 1 BC or AD 1 are debated by modern scholars. Nevertheless, these same scholars believe Jesus was actually born a few years earlier, during this decade.
This article concerns the period 9 BC – 1 BC, the last nine years before the Anno Domini era, not the last ten years.
Significant people
- Tigranes IV, King of Armenia, r. 12–1 BC
- Erato, Queen of Armenia, 8–5 BC, 2 BC – 2 AD, 6–11
- Artavasdes III, King of Armenia, r. 5–2 BC
- Ariobarzan of Atropatene, Client King of Armenia, r. 1 BC – 2 AD
- Chend Di, Emperor of Han Dynasty China, r. 32–7 BC
- Ai Di, Emperor of Han Dynasty China, r. 7–1 BC
- Ping Di, Emperor of Han Dynasty China, r. 1 BC – 5 AD
- Wang Mang, Chinese statesman and future emperor of China
- Dong Xian, Han Dynasty Chinese official under Emperor Ai of Han
- Antiochus III, King of Commagene, r. 12 BC – 17 AD
- Arminius, Germanic war chief (18 BC/17 BC – AD 21)
- Arshak II, King of Caucasian Iberia, r. 20 BC-1 AD
- Strato II and Strato III, co-kings of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, r. 25 BC – 10 AD
- Lugaid Riab nDerg, Legendary High King of Ireland, r. 33–9 BC
- Conchobar Abradruad, Legendary High King of Ireland, r. 9–8 BC
- Crimthann Nia Náir, Legendary High King of Ireland, r. (8 BC – 9 AD)
- Suinin, Legendary Emperor of Japan, r. 29 BC – 70 AD
- Amanishakheto, King of Kush, r. 10–1 BC
- Natakamani, King of Kush, r. 1 BC – AD 20
- Ma'nu III, King of Osroene, r. 23–4 BC
- Abgar V, King of Osroene, r. 4 BC-AD 7, 13–50
- Phraates IV, king of the Parthian Empire, r. 38–2 BC
- Phraates V, king of the Parthian Empire, r. 2 BC – 4 AD
- Musa of Parthia, mother and co-ruler with Phraates V, r. 2 BC – 4 AD
- Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor (27 BC – AD 14)
- Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman Consul, in office 9 BC
- Gaius Caesar, Roman general
- Livy, Roman historian
- Ovid, Roman poet
- Quirinius, Roman nobleman and politician
- Tiberius, Roman general, statesman, and future emperor.
- Herod the Great, Client king of Judea
- Hillel the Elder, Jewish scholar and Nasi of the Sanhedrin, in office c. 31 BC–9 AD
- Shammai, Jewish scholar and Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin, in office 20 BC-20 AD
- Hyeokgeose, King of Silla, r. 57 BC-4 AD
Births
- 9 BC
- Emperor Ping of Han (d. 6)
- Asconius Pedianus, Roman grammarian and historian
- 8 BC – Empress Wang (d. 23)
- 5 BC – Guangwu, Emperor of China (d. 57)
- 4 BC – Herod Philip II, tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis
- 3 BC
- Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman (d. AD 65)
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman general and emperor (d. AD 69)
- 1 BC
- Ptolemy of Mauretania, client king of Mauretania (d. AD 40)
- St. Matthew, Figure of early Christianity, specifically an Apostle
- date unknown
- John the Baptist, Jewish religious teacher
- Jesus, Jewish teacher and central figure of Christianity (6 BC? – 30)
Deaths
- 9 BC – Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman statesman and military commander
- 8 BC
- Horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)
- Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician and patron of the arts (b. 70 BC)
- Empress Xu
- Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar
- Polemon, client king of Cilicia, Pontus, Colchis and the Bosporan Kingdom.
- 7 BC
- Emperor Cheng of Han (b. 51 BC)
- Consort Zhao Hede
- Aristobulus IV, Judean Prince (son of Herod the Great)
- Geumwa, king of Dongbuyeo (located on the Korean Peninsula)
- 6 BC
- Consort Ban, Chinese concubine of Emperor Cheng of Han, also a female poet and scholar (born 48 BC)
- Consort Feng Yuan (b. c. 48 BC)
- 5 BC – Curia, Wife and loyal supporter of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo
- 4 BC
- Antipater, Judean prince (son of Herod the Great)
- Herod the Great, client king of Judea (b. 73 BC)
- Marcus Tullius Tiro, freedman of Cicero
- 3 BC – Imperial consort Fu of the Chinese Han Dynasty
- 2 BC
- Jullus Antonius, Roman Consul
- Phraates IV, King of Parthia
- 1 BC
- Dong Xian, Han Dynasty Chinese official under Emperor Ai of Han (b. 23 BC)
- Emperor Ai of Han (b. 27 BC)
- Empress Fu
- Empress Zhao Feiyan (b. 32 BC)
