3 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	30s BC  20s BC  10s BC  – 0s BC –  0s  10s  20s
Years:	6 BC 5 BC 4 BC – 3 BC – 2 BC 1 BC 1 AD

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Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla.

Events

• King Maroboduus of the Marcomanni made a confederation of Germanic tribes, with the Hermunduri, Lombards, Semnoni and Vandals.
• Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus leads the Roman army in Germania and crossed the Elbe

Births

• Seneca, Roman statesman (d. AD 65)
• Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor (d. AD 69)

Deaths

• Imperial consort Fu of the Chinese Han Dynasty