What is 20 BC?
{{Year nav|-20}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-19|BC}} Year '''20 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] or [[Common year starting on Thursday|Thursday]] or a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]], [[Leap year starting on Wednesday|Wednesday]] or [[Leap year starting on Thursday|Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Appuleius and Nerva'''. == Events == * [[Imperial Rome|Rome]] and [[Parthia]] make a peace treaty * King [[Herod the Great]] begins to renovate the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] * [[Maison Carrée]], [[Nîmes]], [[France]], is built (approximate date) * [[Marcus Verrius Flaccus]]' dictionary [[De verborum significatu]] is published. It is one of the first great [[Dictionary|dictionaries]] in history. * [[Shakas]] no longer control northwest [[India]] == Births == {{births2}} * [[Gaius Caesar]], grandson of [[Augustus Caesar]] (d. [[4|AD 4]]) * [[Philo]], the [[philosopher]] (approximate date) (d. [[50|AD 50]]) {{deaths}} [[Category:20 BC| ]]