30 BC

The year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries: 2nd century BC1st century BC1st century
Decades: 60s BC  50s BC  40s BC 30s BC 20s BC  10s BC  0s BC
Years: 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC30 BC29 BC 28 BC 27 BC
30 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar30 BC
XXIX BC
Ab urbe condita724
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 294
- PharaohCleopatra VII, 22
Ancient Greek era187th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4721
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−622
Berber calendar921
Buddhist calendar515
Burmese calendar−667
Byzantine calendar5479–5480
Chinese calendar庚寅(Metal Tiger)
2667 or 2607
     to 
辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
2668 or 2608
Coptic calendar−313 – −312
Discordian calendar1137
Ethiopian calendar−37 – −36
Hebrew calendar3731–3732
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat27–28
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3071–3072
Holocene calendar9971
Iranian calendar651 BP – 650 BP
Islamic calendar671 BH – 670 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar30 BC
XXIX BC
Korean calendar2304
Minguo calendar1941 before ROC
民前1941年
Nanakshahi calendar−1497
Seleucid era282/283 AG
Thai solar calendar513–514
Tibetan calendar阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
97 or −284 or −1056
     to 
阴金兔年
(female Iron-Rabbit)
98 or −283 or −1055

Events

Roman Republic

  • Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the fourth time. His partner is Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger.
  • Octavian leads his army to the Dardanelles. He marches into Syria. Herod the Great sends him vows of loyalty and troops to help.
  • Gaius Cornelius Gallus arrives in Cyrene and occupies Paraetonium.
  • Mark Antony retreats with his army to Egypt. He learns that Pelusium opened its gates to Octavian without resistance.
  • Octavian Caesar captures Alexandria. This marks the official annexation of Ancient Egypt to the Roman Republic.
  • Cleopatra evacuates to Berenice on the west coast of the Red Sea. King Malchus of Nabatea attacks from the desert and burns the Egyptian ships.
  • The children of Cleopatra are spared by Octavian. Octavia Minor raises Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy Philadelphus in her house in Rome.

Asia

Births

  • Maroboduus, king of the Marcomanni (d. AD 37)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:30 BC deaths.
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