12 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	40s BC  30s BC  20s BC  – 10s BC –  0s BC  0s  10s
Years:	15 BC 14 BC 13 BC – 12 BC – 11 BC 10 BC 9 BC

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Year 12 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius.

Events

• Tiberius Claudius Nero is called to Pannonia because of fighting by the Delmataeians.
• First official mention of Argentoratum, the city known in modern times as Strasbourg
• Emperor Augustus is given the title Pontifex Maximus
• Approximate date – Pyramid of Cestius built in Rome
• Beginning of Kushan Empire in India
• Comet Halley makes an appearance

Births

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, member of the Roman Senate (d. AD 20)
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus, son of Julia the Elder and grandson of Augustus (d. AD 14)

12 BC Media

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  The Aeneid is published in 19 BC, after the death of Virgil earlier that year.

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  Drusus' battles with Germanic tribes (12–9 BC)

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  Depiction of Virgil (70 BC–19 BC)

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  Coin of King Asander (110 BC–17 BC)

for more information, see Category:12 BC deaths.

• King Azes II
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, statesman, general (b. c. 63 BC)
• Propertius, poet (b. c. 50–45 BC)