What is 6 BC?
{{year nav|-6}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-5|BC}} Year '''6 BC''' was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] or [[Common year starting on Monday|Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Balbus and Vetus'''. ==Events== * [[Caesar Augustus]] sends [[ferret]]s to the [[Balearic Islands]] to control rabbits * [[Tiberius]] is sent to [[Armenia]]. He then retires to [[Rhodes]]. {{births}} == Deaths == * [[Consort Ban]], Chinese [[concubine]] of [[Emperor Cheng of Han]], also a poet and scholar (b. [[48 BC]]) * [[Consort Feng Yuan]] (b. c. [[48 BC]]) * [[Liu Xiang (author)|Liu Xiang]], Chinese scholar (b. [[77 BC]]) [[Category:6 BC| ]]