6 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:	9 BC 8 BC 7 BC – 6 BC – 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC

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Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Balbus and Vetus.

Events

• Caesar Augustus sends ferrets to the Balearic Islands to control rabbits
• Tiberius is sent to Armenia. He then retires to Rhodes.

6 BC Media

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  Albrecht Altdorfer's painting the Adoration of the Magi (made c. 1530) is one of several works of art concerning the Nativity of Jesus. Though Jesus's exact birthdate is unknown (other than it would have occurred sometime during this decade)

Deaths

• Consort Ban, Chinese concubine of Emperor Cheng of Han, also a poet and scholar (b. 48 BC)
• Consort Feng Yuan (b. c. 48 BC)
• Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar (b. 77 BC)