12 BC Chr.
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 successor Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa dies. |
 after the death of Lepidus . |
| 12 BC In other calendars | |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 45/46 (turn of the year April) |
| Buddhist calendar | 532/533 (southern Buddhism); 531/532 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 44th (45th) cycle , year of the Earth-Rooster己酉 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Monkey 戊申) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 191st / 1st year of the 192nd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3749/50 (September 19-20) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCXLII (742) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 299/300 (turn of the year April); Syria: 300/301 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 27 |
Events
Politics and world events
Campaigns of Drusus in Germania
- Late summer: The Augustan Teutonic Wars begin with the first Drusus campaign : the Germanic Batavian tribe is subjugated by the Romans under Drusus , who pushes as far as the North Sea coast .
- 13/12 : Founding of the Castra Mogontiacum, a Roman two-legion camp (approx. 36 ha) in the area of today's Mainz district of Kästrich .
- The Romans set up the settlements Antunnacum ( Andernach ) and Bonna ( Bonn ) on the Rhine .
- The Castra Vetera ( Xanten ) camp is being built on the Lower Rhine .
- The Argentoratum camp ( Strasbourg ) is being built on the Upper Rhine .
science and technology
- Return of Halley's Comet
Culture
- The late tribune and praetor Gaius Cestius Epulo is believed to be around 18-12 BC. Buried in the Cestius pyramid built for him in Rome.
religion
- Emperor Augustus is elected Pontifex Maximus (supreme priestly college).
Born
- Agrippa Postumus , Roman patrician († 14 AD)
- around 12 BC Chr .: Herod of Chalkis , king of Chalkis († 48 AD)
- around 12 BC Chr .: Tiberius Iulius Alexander , Roman civil servant, Romanized Jew from Alexandria in Egypt († after 50 AD)
Died
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa , Roman general (* 64 or 63 BC )
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , Roman politician (* around 90 BC )
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus , Roman politician
- Mithridates III. , King of Kommagene
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