Editing 4 BC

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Year '''4 BC''' was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] or [[Common year starting on Wednesday|Wednesday]] 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 Monday]] of the [[Proleptic Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 750 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 4 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 ==
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLEmap/-0099-0000/LE-0003-03-13P.gif Lunar eclipse]
* Upon the death of [[Herod the Great]], there is unrest in his client kingdom of [[Judea]]. His son, [[Herod Archelaus]], becomes the new ruler. [[Herod Antipas]] becomes [[Herodian Tetrarchy|tetrarch]] of [[Galilee]] and [[Perea]]. The governor of [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria]], [[Publius Quinctilius Varus]], marches down to [[Jerusalem]] from [[Antioch]] to restore order; around 3000 Jews are crucified.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Craig A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXoLwJ3LZFkC&pg=PA139 |title=Of Scribes and Sages: Ancient versions and traditions |date=2004 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-567-08083-7 |pages=137–140}}</ref>
* [[Namhae of Silla|Namhae]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref>

== Births ==
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Seneca the Younger]], Córdoban-born Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (d. [[AD 65]])
* Suggested birth year of [[Jesus]], first-century Jewish religious leader and founder of [[Christianity]] (d. [[AD 33]])<ref>{{cite book|first=James D.G.|last=Dunn|author-link=James Dunn (theologian)|title=Jesus Remembered|year=2003|isbn=978-0-8028-3931-2|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G4qpnvoautgC |page=344}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* March or April &ndash; [[Herod the Great]], king of [[Judea]] (b. [[73 BC]]);<ref>{{cite web |title=Herod {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herod-king-of-Judaea |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> some authors date his death to 1 BC (see [[Date of the birth of Jesus#Date of Herod's death|Date of Herod's death]]).
* [[Antipater (son of Herod the Great)|Antipater]], Jewish heir and son of Herod the Great
* [[Malthace]], Jewish woman and wife of Herod the Great
* [[Marcus Porcius Latro]], Roman rhetorician 
* [[Marcus Tullius Tiro]], Roman writer, freedman of [[Cicero]]

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