5 BC

Year 5 BC was a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sulla.^[1]

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	30s BC  20s BC  10s BC  – 0s BC –  0s  10s  20s
Years:	8 BC 7 BC 6 BC – 5 BC – 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC

5 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	5 BC IV BC
Ab urbe condita	749
Ancient Greek era	193rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4746
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−597
Berber calendar	946
Buddhist calendar	540
Burmese calendar	−642
Byzantine calendar	5504–5505
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2692 or 2632     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2693 or 2633
Coptic calendar	−288 – −287
Discordian calendar	1162
Ethiopian calendar	−12 – −11
Hebrew calendar	3756–3757
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	52–53
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3096–3097
Holocene calendar	9996
Iranian calendar	626 BP – 625 BP
Islamic calendar	645 BH – 644 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	5 BC IV BC
Korean calendar	2329
Minguo calendar	1916 before ROC 民前1916年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1472
Seleucid era	307/308 AG
Thai solar calendar	538–539
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 122 or −259 or −1031     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 123 or −258 or −1030

Births

• Emperor Guangwu of Han, ruler of China (d. AD 57)
• Lucius Vitellius the Elder, Roman consul and Governor of Syria (d. AD 51)
• John the Baptist (possible date)
• Jesus (possible date)

References

1. Matthews, Roberts (2011). Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs. Oxford: Oneworld. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-85168-900-2.