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{{dablink|This page is about the year 6 AD. For the actual number, see [[six]].}} {{year nav|6}} {{Year in other calendars}} {{wiktionary|six}} '''6''' ([[Roman numerals|'''VI''']]) is a [[common year]] of the [[Julian calendar]] which started on a [[common year starting on Friday|Friday]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.calendarhome.com/cgi-bin/tycyear.pl?year=6&change=1&suppresshol= |title=CalendarHome.com - 6 |work=calendarhome.com |year=2011 |accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref> According to the [[Gregorian calendar]], it started on a [[common year starting on Sunday|Sunday]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=year+6 |title=year 6 - Wolfram&#124;Alpha |work=wolframalpha.com |year=2011 |accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref> It was the 6th year of the [[1st century]]. == Events == === Roman Empire === * [[Herod Archelaus]], the ethnarch of [[Samaria]], [[Judea]], and [[Idumea]] is deposed and banished to [[vienne]] in [[Gaul]]. *[[Iudaea Province|Iudaea]] and [[Moesia]] become [[Roman Empire|Roman]] provinces; [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria]] is guarded by legions [[Legio X Fretensis|X ''Fretensis'']], [[Legio III Gallica|III ''Gallica'']], [[Legio VI Ferrata|VI ''Ferrata'']], and [[Legio XII Fulminata|XII ''Fulminata'']]. *Augustus sets up a special treasury, the ''aerarium militare'' to pay bonuses to retiring legion veterans. *[[Tiberius]] makes [[Carnuntum]] his base of operations against [[Maroboduus]]; The [[Roman legion]] [[Legio XX Valeria Victrix|XX ''Valeria Victrix'']] fights with Tiberius against the [[Marcomanni]]. *the Pannonians, with the Dalmatians and other Illyrian tribes, revolted, only to be overcome by Tiberius after a hard-fought three year long campaign. *The building of a Roman fort starts the current 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 provi