What is 5 BC?
{{year nav|-5}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-4|BC}} Year '''5 BC''' was a [[common year starting on Monday]] or [[Common year starting on Tuesday|Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sulla'''.<ref name=Matthews>{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Roberts|title=Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs|url=https://archive.org/details/whydontspidersst0000matt_v9a9|location=Oxford|publisher=Oneworld|year=2011|isbn=978-1-85168-900-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/whydontspidersst0000matt_v9a9/page/66 66]}}</ref> == Births == {{births2}} * [[:en:Emperor_Guangwu_of_Han|Emperor Guangwu of Han]], ruler of [[China]] (d. [[:en:AD_57|AD 57]]) * [[:en:Lucius_Vitellius_(consul_34)|Lucius Vitellius the Elder]], [[Roman consul]] and [[Governor]] of [[Syria]] (d. [[:en:AD_51|AD 51]]) * [[John the Baptist]] (possible date) * [[Jesus]] (possible date) ==References== {{reflist}} {{deaths}} [[Category:5 BC| ]]