37 BC Chr.
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Herod becomes king of Jerusalem under Roman sovereignty. | |
37 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 507/508 (southern Buddhism); 506/507 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 44th (45th) cycle , year of the wood monkey甲申 ( at the beginning of the year water sheep 癸未) |
Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 185th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3724/25 (25/26 September) |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCXVII (717) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 274/275 (turn of the year April); Syria: 275/276 (New Year October) |
Spanish era | 2 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 20/21 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- End of the Maccabees' rule over the Jews , Herod becomes King of the Jews under Roman suzerainty.
- Treaty of Taranto : The 2nd triumvirate between Octavian , Marcus Antonius and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is extended by five years.
Asia
science and technology
- Varro postulates tiny living things as the cause of diseases .
Culture
- Virgil begins work on his didactic poem Georgica under the protection of Gaius Maecenas .
religion
- Herod I appoints Ananel as high priest of the Jerusalem temple .
Died
- around 37 BC Chr .: Antigonus the Hasmoneans , last ruler of the Maccabees
- around 37 BC Chr .: Philodemos of Gadara , philosopher and poet (* around 110 BC )