12 BC

Year 12 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius.

12 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	12 BC XI BC
Ab urbe condita	742
Ancient Greek era	192nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4739
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−604
Berber calendar	939
Buddhist calendar	533
Burmese calendar	−649
Byzantine calendar	5497–5498
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2685 or 2625     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2686 or 2626
Coptic calendar	−295 – −294
Discordian calendar	1155
Ethiopian calendar	−19 – −18
Hebrew calendar	3749–3750
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	45–46
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3089–3090
Holocene calendar	9989
Iranian calendar	633 BP – 632 BP
Islamic calendar	652 BH – 651 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	12 BC XI BC
Korean calendar	2322
Minguo calendar	1923 before ROC 民前1923年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1479
Seleucid era	300/301 AG
Thai solar calendar	531–532
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 115 or −266 or −1038     — to — ས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Bird) 116 or −265 or −1037

Events

• Tiberius Claudius Nero is called to Pannonia because of fighting by the Delmataeians.
• First official mention of Argentoratum, the city known in modern times as Strasbourg
• Emperor Augustus is given the title Pontifex Maximus
• Approximate date – Pyramid of Cestius built in Rome
• Beginning of Kushan Empire in India
• Comet Halley makes an appearance

Births

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, member of the Roman Senate (d. AD 20)
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus, son of Julia the Elder and grandson of Augustus (d. AD 14)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:12 BC deaths.

• King Azes II
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, statesman, general (b. c. 63 BC)
• Propertius, poet (b. c. 50–45 BC)