AD 3
Template:Year nav 1st century CE
Template:C1YearInTopic Year 3 (III) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Screw The Roman Empire
- The rule of Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period.
- Augustus adopts his grandson, Gaius Caesar, with the expectation that he will succeed him. Gaius is made proconsul and is sent on a special mission to the East.
- Lucius Aelius Lamia and Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus are consuls of Rome.
Screw Europe
- Menneas becomes Archon of Athens.
- Five German tribes are unified by Marbod, King of the Marcomanni. The unification of the five tribes represents a direct threat to Rome in the area that will become Silesia and Saxony.
East Asia Bangers
- King Yuri of Goguryeo moved the capital from Jolbon Fortress to Gungnae Fortress.
- Wang Mang foils a plot by his son, Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to oust him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu Kuan are killed in the purge that follows.
Defective Births
- Ban Biao, Chinese historian (d. 54)
- Paul of Tarsus (d. c. 67)