36 BC

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:	39 BC 38 BC 37 BC – 36 BC – 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC

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Year 36 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Publicola and Nerva.

Events

• Publius Canidius Crassus invaded Armenia and Iberia
• June – Mark Antony launches a major offensive against the Parthians
• The Han Dynasty army defeats the Xiongnu leader Zhizhi Chanyu in the Battle of Zhizhi
• Aristobulus III becomes High Priest in Jerusalem

Births

• Ptolemy Philadelphus, son of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony (d. 29 BC)
• Vipsania Agrippina, daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Pomponia Caecilia Attica (d. AD 20)

Deaths

• Zhizhi Chanyu