37 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

37 BC Chr.
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

• The Kingdom of Goguryeo (until AD 668 ) is established in Korea .

science and technology

• Varro postulates tiny living things as the cause of diseases .

Culture

Virgil ( mosaic )

• 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 )