30s BC

This article concerns the period 39 BC – 30 BC.

39 BC

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By place

Roman Republic

• Marcus Antonius dispatches Publius Ventidius Bassus with 11 legions to the East and drives Quintus Labienus out of Asia Minor. Labienus retreats into Syria, where he receives Parthian reinforcements. Ventidius finally defeats him in the battle at the Taurus Mountains.
• Publius Ventidius defeats Pharnastanes with his cataphracts at the Amanus Gates, and goes on to reclaim Syria, Phoenicia and Judea. Labienus flees to Cilicia, where he is captured and executed.
• Sextus Pompey, styles himself "son of Neptune", controls Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Peloponnesus, and is recognized by the Triumvirate in the Pact of Misenum. The pact helps to assure Rome's grain supply, and the blockade on Roman Italy is lifted.

Significant people

• Mark Antony, Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)
• Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (lived 70/69–30 BC, reigned 51–30 BC)
• Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, known in English as Octavian, Roman politician and general (63 BC–AD 14)
• Pharaoh Ptolemy XV Caesarion (lived 47–30 BC, reigned 44–30 BC)

Births

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39 BC

• Antonia the Elder, daughter of Mark Antony, grandmother of Nero and Messalina (d. bef. AD 25)
• Julia the Elder, daughter of Caesar Augustus (d. AD 14)

38 BC

• January 14 – Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman politician and military commander, future stepson of Augustus Caesar (d. 9 BC)
• Lucius Volusius Saturninus, Roman suffect consul (or 37 BC)

36 BC

• January 31 – Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, mother of the emperor Claudius
• Ptolemy Philadelphus, son of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony (d. 29 BC)
• Vipsania Agrippina, daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Pomponia Caecilia Attica (d. AD 20)

32 BC

• Marcus Valerius Messalla, Roman politician

31 BC

• Aristobulus IV, Jewish prince of Judea (d. 7 BC)
• Tiruvalluvar, Indian poet and philosopher

30 BC

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

Deaths

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39 BC

• Quintus Labienus, Roman general (murdered)

38 BC

• Antiochus I, king of Commagene (b. c. 86 BC)
• Pacorus I, crown prince of Parthia (b. c. 63 BC)

37 BC

• Antigonus II Mattathias (Antigonus the Hasmonean) (executed by order of Mark Antony)
• Aristobulus II, king and high priest of Judea (66–63 BC; assassinated)
• Jing Fang, Chinese mathematician and music theorist (b. 78 BC)
• Orodes II, king of the Parthian Empire (b. 95 BC)
• Shangguan, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty

36 BC

• Ariarathes X (or Eusebes Philadelphos), king of Cappadocia
• Aristobulus III, high priest of Jerusalem (Hasmonean dynasty)
• Zhizhi Chanyu, Chinese ruler of the Xiongnu Empire

35 BC

• Aristobulus III, high priest of Judea (drowned) (b. 53 BC)^[8]
• Sextus Pompeius, Roman general (executed) (b. 67 BC)^[2]

33 BC

• July 8 – Yuan of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 75 BC)
• Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman politician and father of Tiberius (b. 85 BC)^[9]

32 BC

• March 31 – Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman

31 BC

• Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman general and politician
• Tarcondimotus I, Roman client king of Cilicia

30 BC

• August 1 – Mark Antony, Roman consul and general (suicide) (b. 83 BC)
• August 12 – Cleopatra VII, queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (likely suicide) (b. 69 BC)
• August 23
  • Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (b. 47 BC)
  • Ptolemy Caesar, son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra of Egypt (b. 47 BC)
• Hyrcanus II, king and high priest of Judea (until 40 BC)
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor (the Younger), Roman politician
• Pharnavaz II, king of Iberia (Artaxiad dynasty) (Georgia) (killed by Mirian II)
• Publius Canidius Crassus, Roman general and politician (executed)
• Emperor Sujin of Japan, according to legend.

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