What happened in 6 BC?
3 recorded events in 6 BC, including 2 in people and 1 in religion & belief systems.
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People 2
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Liu Xiang died
Chinese official, scholar and writer (77–6 BCE)
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Consort Ban died
Chinese scholar, poet and writer
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Temple of Venus Erycina
Ancient temple in Erice, Sicily
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 6 BC.
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Nero Claudius Drusus died
Roman general and statesman (38–9 BC)
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Asconius Pedianus born
Born in Padua. Roman historian (BC 9 - AD 76).
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Ara Pacis
Ancient Roman monument in Rome
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Horace died
Roman lyric poet (65 BC – 8 BC)
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Gaius Maecenas died
Roman political advisor (d. 8 BC)
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus died
1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher
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Seneca born
Born in Corduba. Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE).
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Herod the Great died
King of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE
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Marcus Tullius Tiro died
Secretary and personal assistant to Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Trebatius Testa died
1st-century BC Roman jurist, protégé of Cicero
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Yervandakert royal residence
Yervandakert royal residence (Architecture & Engineering).
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Galba born
Born in Terracina. Sixth Roman Emperor (68–69).
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