What happened in 21 BC?
No event is dated precisely to 21 BC, but 3 entries are recorded in the surrounding period.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 3 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 21 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 21 BC.
1st century BC 1
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Lucius Saenius Balbinus died
Roman suffect consul 30 BC
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20s BC 2
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Siro the Epicurean died
Roman philosopher
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Phaedrus born
Born in Central Macedonia Region. Latin fabulist and probably a Thracian slave.
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 21 BC.
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Siege of Aracillum
25 BCE siege
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Gaius Antistius Vetus died
Roman politician, consul in 30 BCE
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Marcellus died
Nephew and son-in-law of Roman emperor Augustus
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Lucius Licinius Varro Murena died
Politician of the Roman Empire
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Temple of Jupiter Tonans
Building in Rome, Italy
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Mithridates II of Commagene died
King of Commagene
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Diodorus Siculus died
1st-century BC Greek historian
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Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus died
Roman consul in 53 and 40 BC
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King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo died
Founder of the Goguryeo Empire (37–19 BC)
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Virgil died
Roman poet (1st century BC)
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Indo-Parthian kingdom founded
Indo-Parthian kingdom was founded, with its capital at Taxila.
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Baekje founded
Baekje was founded, with its capital at Wiryeseong.
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