13 BC

Year 13 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nero and Varus.

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:	16 BC 15 BC 14 BC – 13 BC – 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC

Events

• The Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus builds a stronghold in what is now the city of Mainz, Germany
• Drusus is made governor of Gaul. He traveled to the North Sea to pay tribute to the Frisii.

Births

• Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Vipsania Agrippina (d. AD 23)
• Livilla, daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor (d. AD 31)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:13 BC deaths.

• Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, member of the Roman Senate (approximate date) (b. c. 77 BC)
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir (b. c. 90 BC)