What is 31 BC?
{{Year nav|-31}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-30|BC}} Year '''31 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Tuesday]], [[Common year starting on Wednesday|Wednesday]] or [[Common year starting on Thursday|Thursday]] or a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] or [[Leap year starting on Wednesday|Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Octavianus'''. ==Events== * [[Augustus|Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian]] becomes [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consul]] for the third time. His partner is [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus]], replacing [[Mark Antony]]. * Octavian establishes a [[bridgehead]] at the [[Gulf of Ambracia]] * [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]] sailed with 300 war [[galley]]s to the western [[Peloponnese]]. He occupied the [[Gulf of Corinth]] to cut off Antony's [[line of communication]]. * Antony sets up camp at the [[promontory]] of [[Actium]]. * Agrippa stormed [[Lefkada|Leucas]]. He took the [[garrison]] at [[Patrae]]. * The Egyptian fleet retreats to [[Taenarus]]. * Octavian takes court at [[Samos]] * In the [[Judean Desert]] [[Herod the Great]] completes the fortress [[Masada]]. * The [[Hellenistic]] period in art ends (or [[14|AD 14]] by some scholars) {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:31 BC| ]]