30 BC
Appearance
Gregorian calendar | 30 BC XXIX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 724 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 294 |
- Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 22 |
Ancient Greek era | 187th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4721 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −622 |
Berber calendar | 921 |
Buddhist calendar | 515 |
Burmese calendar | −667 |
Byzantine calendar | 5479–5480 |
Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2667 or 2607 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2668 or 2608 |
Coptic calendar | −313 – −312 |
Discordian calendar | 1137 |
Ethiopian calendar | −37 – −36 |
Hebrew calendar | 3731–3732 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 27–28 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3071–3072 |
Holocene calendar | 9971 |
Iranian calendar | 651 BP – 650 BP |
Islamic calendar | 671 BH – 670 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | 30 BC XXIX BC |
Korean calendar | 2304 |
Minguo calendar | 1941 before ROC 民前1941年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1497 |
Seleucid era | 282/283 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 513–514 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 97 or −284 or −1056 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 98 or −283 or −1055 |
The year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus.
Events
[change | change source]Roman Republic
[change | change source]- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the fourth time. His partner is Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger.
- Octavian leads his army to the Dardanelles. He marches into Syria. Herod the Great sends him vows of loyalty and troops to help.
- Gaius Cornelius Gallus arrives in Cyrene and occupies Paraetonium.
- Mark Antony retreats with his army to Egypt. He learns that Pelusium opened its gates to Octavian without resistance.
- Octavian Caesar captures Alexandria. This marks the official annexation of Ancient Egypt to the Roman Republic.
- Cleopatra evacuates to Berenice on the west coast of the Red Sea. King Malchus of Nabatea attacks from the desert and burns the Egyptian ships.
- The children of Cleopatra are spared by Octavian. Octavia Minor raises Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy Philadelphus in her house in Rome.
Asia
[change | change source]- Common date given for Thiruvalluvar to write the Tirukkuṟaḷ
- First possible date for the invention of the wheelbarrow
Births
[change | change source]- Maroboduus, king of the Marcomanni (d. AD 37)
Deaths
[change | change source]- for more information, see Category:30 BC deaths.
- Mark Antony, Roman consul and general (b. 83 BC)
- Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (b. 47 BC)
- Hyrcanus II, king and high priest of Judea until 40 BC
- August 12 – Cleopatra VII, last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (b. 69 BC)
- August 23 – Ptolemy Caesar, son of Julius Caesar and pharaoh of Egypt (b. 47 BC)