What is 23 BC?
{{Year nav|-23}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-22|BC}} Year '''23 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Saturday]] or [[Common year starting on Sunday|Sunday]] or a [[leap year starting on Friday]], [[Leap year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] or [[Leap year starting on Sunday|Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Varro'''. ==Events== * [[Augustus|Caesar Augustus]] becomes [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consul]] for the eleventh time. His partner is [[Aulus Terentius Varro Murena]]. * Augustus becomes very ill. He gives [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa|Agrippa]] his [[seal (emblem)|signet ring]]. * The [[Nubia]]ns, led by queen [[Candace]] [[Amanishabheto|Amanirenas]], attack the [[Roman province]] of [[Aegyptus (province)|Egypt]] * [[Herod the Great]] builds a palace in [[Jerusalem]] * The [[As (coin)|as]] coin was struck in reddish pure [[copper]], instead of [[bronze]] * [[Ma'nu III Saphul]] becomes ruler of [[Osroene]] * The Roman writer, architect and engineer [[Vitruvius]] finishes writing ''De Architectura''. It is perhaps the first book on [[architecture]]. * Roman poet [[Horace]] publishes the first three books of Odes == Births == {{births2}} * [[Dong Xian]] (d. [[1 BC]]) * [[Herod Archelaus]], [[ethnarch]] of [[Samaria]] (d. [[18|AD 18]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Julio-Claudian dynasty)|Marcus Claudius Marcellus]], son of [[Octavia Minor|Octavia]] and nephew of [[Augustus]] (b. [[42 BC]]) [[Category:23 BC| ]]