3

This page is about the year 3 AD. For other uses, see 3 (disambiguation).

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The year 3 (III) was a common year which started on a Monday. according to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Wednesday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Servilius. The year is called 3 since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the usual method in Europe for naming years. It was the 3rd year of the 1st century.

Roman Empire

• The rule of Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period.
• Augustus adopts his grandson, Gaius Caesar, with the expectation that he will succeed him. Gaius is made proconsul and is sent on a special mission to the East.
• Lucius Aelius Lamia is consul of Rome
• Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus is consul of Rome

Europe

• Menneas becomes Archon of Athens
• Five German tribes are unified by Marbod, King of the Marcomanni. The unification of the five tribes represents a direct threat to Rome in the area that will become Silesia and Saxony.

China

• Wang Mang foils a plot by his son,Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to remove him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu Kuan are killed in the purge that follows.

Births

File:Rembrandt - Apostle Paul - WGA19120.jpg

A painting of Paul of Tarsus by Rembrandt.

• Ban Biao, Chinese historian (d. 54)
• Paul of Tarsus (d. 67)

3 Media

• Evolution3glyph.png

  Notes from the original creator: "Evolution of the numeral 3 from the Brahmin Indians to the Europeans. I drew these characters by hand and scanned them. I release this image to be used under the terms of GFDL. Del arte 22:12, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)".

• Text figures 036.svg

  The numerals 0, 3 and 6 as text figures in the Georgia typeface.

• Triple Goddess Symbol.svg

  Symbol of the Triple Goddess showing the waxing, full and waning Moon

• Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.svg

  The Shield of the Trinity is a diagram of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.