Editing 34 BC

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Year '''34 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Friday]], [[Common year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] or [[Common year starting on Sunday|Sunday]] or a [[leap year starting on Friday]] or [[Leap year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] 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 Antonius and Libo''' (or, less frequently, '''year 720 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 34 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 ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Augustus|Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian]] pacifies [[Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia]] and [[Pannonia]] forming the [[Illyricum (Roman province)|province of Illyricum]],{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} while Antony regains [[Armenia]] from [[Parthia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-10 |title=Mark Antony {{!}} Biography, Cleopatra, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Antony-Roman-triumvir |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Octavian reduces the outposts defending the [[Liburnian]] [[town]] of [[Promona]], sets up [[siege|siege works]] and forces its [[surrender (military)|surrender]].
* [[Mark Antony]] becomes [[List of Republican Roman Consuls|Roman Consul]] for the second time. His partner is [[Lucius Scribonius Libo]]. The latter is replaced with [[Aemilius Lepidus Paullus]] during the year.
* Antony advances into [[Armenia]] with an expeditionary force (16 [[Roman legion|legions]]) and marches to the capital [[Artaxata]]. He arrests king [[Artavasdes II of Armenia|Artavasdes II]] and takes him to [[Alexandria]].
* Autumn &ndash; The [[Donations of Alexandria]]: Antony distributes the eastern kingdoms as a gift to the children of [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]]; he declares [[Caesarion]], Caesar's illegitimate son, as [[Coregency|co-ruler]] of Egypt and [[Cyprus]].  [[Alexander Helios]] receives Armenia and [[Media Atropatene|Media]]; to [[Cleopatra Selene II]] he gives the kingdoms of [[Cyrenaica]] and [[Libya]]. His youngest son [[Ptolemy Philadelphus (Cleopatra)|Ptolemy Philadelphus]] receives the Egyptian possessions in [[Phoenicia]], [[Syria]] and [[Cilicia]]. Antony establishes Cleopatra as a [[Hellenistic]] monarch at [[Alexandria]] and gives her the title of "Queen of Kings".
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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