30 BC

The year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	60s BC  50s BC  40s BC  – 30s BC –  20s BC  10s BC  0s BC
Years:	33 BC 32 BC 31 BC – 30 BC – 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC

Roman Republic

• Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the fourth time. His partner is Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger.
• Octavian leads his army to the Dardanelles. He marches into Syria. Herod the Great sends him vows of loyalty and troops to help.
• Gaius Cornelius Gallus arrives in Cyrene and occupies Paraetonium.
• Mark Antony retreats with his army to Egypt. He learns that Pelusium opened its gates to Octavian without resistance.
• Octavian Caesar captures Alexandria. This marks the official annexation of Ancient Egypt to the Roman Republic.
• Cleopatra evacuates to Berenice on the west coast of the Red Sea. King Malchus of Nabatea attacks from the desert and burns the Egyptian ships.
• The children of Cleopatra are spared by Octavian. Octavia Minor raises Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy Philadelphus in her house in Rome.

Asia

• Common date given for Thiruvalluvar to write the Tirukkuṟaḷ
• First possible date for the invention of the wheelbarrow

Births

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

Deaths

for more information, see Category:30 BC deaths.

• Mark Antony, Roman consul and general (b. 83 BC)
• Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (b. 47 BC)
• Hyrcanus II, king and high priest of Judea until 40 BC
• August 12 – Cleopatra VII, last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (b. 69 BC)
• August 23 – Ptolemy Caesar, son of Julius Caesar and pharaoh of Egypt (b. 47 BC)