Editing 12 BC

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Year '''12 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Saturday]], [[Common year starting on Sunday|Sunday]] or [[Common year starting on Monday|Monday]] or a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ, see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|leap year error]] for further information) and a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Proleptic Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 742 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 12 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus]] and [[Quirinius|Publius Sulpicius Quirinius]] are [[Roman consul]]s.
* [[Tiberius|Tiberius Claudius Nero]] summoned to [[Pannonia]] due to severe [[Revolution|revolt]] by the [[Delmatae]].
* Roman [[Roman legion|armies]] based at [[Xanten]], [[Cologne]] and [[Mainz]] campaign beyond the [[Rhine]].
* First official mention of ''[[Argentoratum]]'', the city known in modern times as [[Strasbourg]].
* Emperor [[Augustus]] is given the title [[Pontifex Maximus]].
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Pyramid of Cestius]] erected in [[Rome]].

==== India ====
* King [[Azes II]] dies. The rule of the [[Scythians|Indo-Scythians]] crumbles as the Kushans, one of the five tribes of the [[Yuezhi]] who live in [[Bactria]] expand into [[India]] to create a [[Kushan Empire]].

=== By topic ===

==== Astronomy ====
* [[Comet Halley]] makes an appearance.
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== Births ==
* [[Agrippa Postumus]], son of [[Julia the Elder]] and grandson of [[Augustus]] (d. [[AD 14]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Gaius Caninius Rebilus (consul 12 BC)|Gaius Caninius Rebilus]], Roman senator and [[Roman consul|suffect consul]]
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus]], Roman consul (b. c. [[45 BC]])
* [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]], Roman statesman (b. c. [[63 BC]])
* [[Mithridates III of Commagene|Mithridates III]], king of [[Commagene]] ([[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]])
* [[Propertius|Sextius Propertius]], Roman [[Latin]] poet and writer (b. c. [[50 BC|50]]&ndash;[[45 BC]])

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