20s BC

Summary

This article concerns the period 29 BC – 20 BC.

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29 BC

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28 BC edit

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Astronomy edit

27 BC edit

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Roman Republic/Empire edit

26 BC edit

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Greece edit
Osroene edit
  • Abgar III of Osroene is succeeded by Abgar IV Sumaqa.
Asia edit

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25 BC edit

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China edit
  • The government gives its tributary states 20,000 rolls of silk cloth and about 20,000 pounds of silk floss.

24 BC edit

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23 BC edit

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Osroene edit
  • Ma'nu III Saphul becomes ruler of Osroene.

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Architecture edit
  • The Roman writer, architect and engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio finishes writing De Architectura (known today as The Ten Books of Architecture), a treatise in Latin on architecture, and perhaps the first work about this discipline.
Poetry edit
  • The Roman poet Horace publishes the first three books of Odes.

22 BC edit

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21 BC edit

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20 BC edit

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India edit
  • The Shakas, a nomadic Iranian tribe, no longer control northwest India (approximate date).

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Significant people edit

Births

27 BC

25 BC

23 BC

21 BC

20 BC

Deaths

29 BC

28 BC

27 BC

26 BC

  • Aaron, brother of Moses, Levite and First High Priest of God

25 BC

24 BC

23 BC

22 BC

20 BC

References edit

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