AD 6
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2013) |
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 6 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | AD 6 VI |
| Ab urbe condita | 759 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4756 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −587 |
| Berber calendar | 956 |
| Buddhist calendar | 550 |
| Burmese calendar | −632 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5514–5515 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2703 or 2496 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2704 or 2497 |
| Coptic calendar | −278 – −277 |
| Discordian calendar | 1172 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −2 – −1 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3766–3767 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 62–63 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3106–3107 |
| Holocene calendar | 10006 |
| Iranian calendar | 616 BP – 615 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 635 BH – 634 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 6 VI |
| Korean calendar | 2339 |
| Minguo calendar | 1906 before ROC 民前1906年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1462 |
| Seleucid era | 317/318 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 548–549 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 132 or −249 or −1021 — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 133 or −248 or −1020 |
Year 6 (VI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Arruntius (or, less frequently, year 759 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 6 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 Empire
- Herod Archelaus, ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, is deposed and banished to Vienne in Gaul.
- Iudaea and Moesia become Roman provinces destroying the Dardani; Syria is guarded by legions X Fretensis, III Gallica, VI Ferrata, and XII Fulminata.
- Emperor Augustus sets up a special treasury, the aerarium militare (170 million sestertii), to pay bonuses to retiring legion veterans.
- Tiberius makes Carnuntum his base of operations against Maroboduus; The Roman legion XX Valeria Victrix fights with Tiberius against the Marcomanni.
- The Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia and Pannonia start the Great Illyrian Revolt.
- The building of a Roman fort signifies the origin of the city of Wiesbaden.
- Caecina Severus is made governor of Moesia.
- Publius Sulpicius Quirinius becomes Governor of Syria and nominally of Judea.
- Quirinius conducts a census in Judea (according to Josephus), which results in a revolt in the province, led by Judas the Galilean, and supported by the Pharisee Zadok. The revolt is repressed, and the rebels are crucified, but it results in the birth of the Zealot movement, the members of which regard the God of Judaism as their only master.
- Due to a food shortage in Rome, Augustus doubles the grain rations distributed to the people.
- Due to a catastrophic fire in Rome, the barracks system is created to allow quicker response in the case of emergencies.
- Augustus banishes Agrippa Postumus, one of his adopted sons, to the island of Planasia.
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Arruntius become Roman consuls.
- Theophilus becomes Archon of Athens. There are no further records of Archons until after 23.
China
- January – Some Chinese fear for the life of the young, ailing Emperor Ping Di as the planet Mars disappears behind the moon this month.[1]
- February 3 – The boy emperor, Ping Di dies of unexpected causes at age 14; Wang Mang alone selects the new emperor, the Ruzi Ying, age 2,[1] starting the Jushe era of the Han Dynasty.
- Candidates for government office must take civil-service examinations.
- The imperial Liu clan suspect the intentions of Wang Mang and foment agrarian rebellions during the course of Ruzi Ying's reign. The first of these is led by Liu Chong, Marquess of Ang-Zong (a/k/a Marquis of An-chung), with a small force starting in May or June.[1]
Births
- Jesus, usually considered the latest possible year of birth, based on the Quirinius census in that year (historicity questionable)
- Nero, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder (d. 30)
- Milonia Caesonia, Roman empress (d. 41)
Deaths
- February 3 – Ping, emperor of Han China (b. 9 BC)
- Cleopatra Selene (II), Egyptian ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya (b. 40 BC)
- Orodes III, briefly emperor of Parthia
References
- ^ a b c Klingaman 1990.
Sources
- Klingaman, William K. (1990). The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0785822561.
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