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20s BC

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This article concerns the period 29 BC – 20 BC.

Events

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29 BC

By place

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Roman Republic
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Literature
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28 BC

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By place

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Roman Republic
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Astronomy
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27 BC

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Roman Republic/Empire
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26 BC

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By place

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Roman Empire
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Greece
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Osroene
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Asia
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Astronomy
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25 BC

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

24 BC

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Roman Empire
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23 BC

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Roman Empire
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Osroene
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Architecture
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  • 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
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  • The Roman poet Horace publishes the first three books of Odes.

22 BC

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Roman Empire
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21 BC

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Roman Empire
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20 BC

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

By topic

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Literature
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Significant people

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Births

27 BC

25 BC

23 BC

21 BC

20 BC

Deaths

29 BC

28 BC

27 BC

26 BC

25 BC

24 BC

23 BC

22 BC

20 BC

References

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  1. ^ Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-8018-3574-7.
  2. ^ "LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  3. ^ "The Observation of Sunspots". UNESCO Courier. 1988. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  4. ^ Gross, W. H. "The Propaganda of an Unpopular Ideology", in The Age of Augustus: Interdisciplinary Conference held at Brown University, April 30–May 2, 1982, edited by Rolf Winkes (Rhode Island: Centre for Old World Archaeology and Art, 1985), 35.
  5. ^ "LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  6. ^ Rosenberg, Matt. "What Were the Largest Cities Throughout History?". ThoughtCo.
  7. ^ "Marcus Terentius Varro". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 22, 2024.