The0s BC is the period between 9 BC and 1 BC, the last nine years of thebefore Christ era. It is one of two"0-to-9" decade-like timespans that contain nine years, along with the0s.
This is a list of events occurring in the0s BC ordered by year.
Livy completes compilation of hisAb Urbe Condita Libri, 142 books covering the history of Rome since its foundation down to 9 BC (approximate date).[4]
Augustus' second census of the Roman Empire reports a total of 4,233,000citizens.[13] However, the specific criteria of the census are still not clear.[14]
Tiberius retires toRhodes, to the annoyance of EmperorAugustus.[16] He is recalled to Rome years later, inAD 4, becoming Augustus' adopted son and heir following the deaths ofLucius andGaius Caesar.
Estimatedbirth of Jesus, in the Christian religion, as assigned byDionysius Exiguus in hisAnno Domini era; according to most scholars, Dionysius used the word "incarnation", but it is not known whether he meant conception or birth. However, at least one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the incarnation of Jesus in the next year,AD 1.[37][38] Most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, and place the event several years earlier.[39]
Albrecht Altdorfer's painting theAdoration of the Magi (made ca. 1530) is one of several works ofart concerning the Navity of Jesus. Though Jesus's exact birthdate is unknown (other than it would have occurred sometime during this decade)[40]
Possible birthdate ofJesus,[41] according to appearance of a very bright tripleconjunction of the royal starJupiter andSaturn in the sign ofPisces (land in the west) in May until December of that year since 854 years, with a retrogradation and stationing inNovember 12, 7 BC.
Thebirthdates ofJohn the Baptist andJesus are not generally known, but 5 BC is often assumed to be the date. The springPassover feast (often around April 21) has been cited as a possible date for the birth of Christ, assuming that this had relevance to being aMessiahclaimant, or that his birthday might have been related toPassover. Others theologically tie his birth toSukkot, the fall Feast of Tabernacles.
^"Maroboduus".britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. 20 March 2016. Retrieved21 June 2020.Maroboduus, (died AD 37, Ravenna, Italy), king of the Marcomanni who organized the first confederation of German tribes.
^Preserved byMacrobius,Saturnalia 1.12.35; entry oncalendarium, in William Smith,A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (John Murray, London, 1875), atLacusCurtius.
^Singh, Rajesh Kumar (2013).Ajanta Paintings: 86 Panels of Jatakas and Other Themes. Hari Sena. pp. 15–16.ISBN9788192510750.
^Georges Declercq,Anno Domini: The origins of the Christian Era (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2000), pp.143–147.
^G. Declercq, "Dionysius Exiguus and the introduction of the Christian Era",Sacris Erudiri41 (2002) 165–246, pp.242–246. Annotated version of a portion ofAnno Domini.
^James D. G. Dunn,Jesus Remembered, Eerdmans Publishing (2003), page 324.
^Powell, Robert A. (1996).Chronicle of the living Christ : the life and ministry of Jesus Christ : foundations of cosmic Christianity. Hudson, NY: Anthroposophic Press. p. 68.ISBN9780880104074.
^Spears, Tom (2005-12-04). "Star of Wonder".Ottawa Citizen. p. A7. "Michael Molnar announced 10 years ago his conclusion that theStar of Bethlehem was in fact a double eclipse of Jupiter in a rare astrological conjunction that occurred in Aries on March 20, 6 BC, and again on April 17, 6 BC. ... Mr. Molnar believes that Roman astrologers would have interpreted the double-eclipse as signifying the birth of a divine king in Judea." However, astronomical software such as Stellarium shows that on March 20, the occultation of Jupiter by the Moon could not be seen from Rome, as the Moon passed by the planet without obscuring it. Furthermore, the event on April 17 began when Jupiter was 38 degrees above the horizon, at 2pm, i.e. in daylight, so it is extremely unlikely that this event would have been seen either.
