What is 12 BC?
{{Year nav|-12}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-11|BC}} Year '''12 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Saturday]], [[Common year starting on Sunday|Sunday]] or [[Common year starting on Monday|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 [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus|Messalla]] and [[Quirinius]]'''. == Events == * [[Tiberius|Tiberius Claudius Nero]] is called to [[Pannonia]] because of fighting by the [[Delmatae]]ians. * First official mention of ''[[Argentoratum]]'', the city known in modern times as [[Strasbourg]] * [[Emperor Augustus]] is given the title [[Pontifex Maximus]] * Approximate date &ndash; [[Pyramid of Cestius]] built in [[Rome]] * Beginning of [[Kushan Empire]] in India * [[Comet Halley]] makes an appearance == Births == {{births2}} * [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]], member of the [[Roman Senate]] (d. [[20|AD 20]]) * [[Agrippa Postumus|Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus]], son of [[Julia the Elder]] and grandson of [[Augustus]] (d. [[14|AD 14]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * King [[Azes II]] * [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]], statesman, general (b. c. [[63 BC]]) * [[Propertius]], poet (b. c. [[50 BC|50]]&ndash;[[45 BC]]) [[Category:12 BC| ]]