6 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 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 |
Events
- Caesar Augustus sends ferrets to the Balearic Islands to control rabbits
- Tiberius is sent to Armenia. He then retires to Rhodes.
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)