20 BC
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| Gregorian calendar | 20 BC XIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 734 |
| Ancient Greek era | 190th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4731 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −612 |
| Berber calendar | 931 |
| Buddhist calendar | 525 |
| Burmese calendar | −657 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5489–5490 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2677 or 2617 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2678 or 2618 |
| Coptic calendar | −303 – −302 |
| Discordian calendar | 1147 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −27 – −26 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3741–3742 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 37–38 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3081–3082 |
| Holocene calendar | 9981 |
| Iranian calendar | 641 BP – 640 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 661 BH – 660 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 20 BC XIX BC |
| Korean calendar | 2314 |
| Minguo calendar | 1931 before ROC 民前1931年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1487 |
| Seleucid era | 292/293 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 523–524 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) 107 or −274 or −1046 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 108 or −273 or −1045 |
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Year 20 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Appuleius and Nerva.
Events
- Rome and Parthia make a peace treaty
- King Herod the Great begins to renovate the Temple in Jerusalem
- Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France, is built (approximate date)
- Marcus Verrius Flaccus' dictionary De verborum significatu is published. It is one of the first great dictionaries in history.
- Shakas no longer control northwest India
Births
- for more information, see Category:20 BC births.
- Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus Caesar (d. AD 4)
- Philo, the philosopher (approximate date) (d. AD 50)