29 BC

29 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar29 BC
XXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita725
Ancient Greek era187th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar4722
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−621
Berber calendar922
Buddhist calendar516
Burmese calendar−666
Byzantine calendar5480–5481
Chinese calendar辛卯(Metal Rabbit)
2668 or 2608
    — to —
壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
2669 or 2609
Coptic calendar−312 – −311
Discordian calendar1138
Ethiopian calendar−36 – −35
Hebrew calendar3732–3733
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat28–29
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3072–3073
Holocene calendar9972
Iranian calendar650 BP – 649 BP
Islamic calendar670 BH – 669 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar29 BC
XXVIII BC
Korean calendar2305
Minguo calendar1940 before ROC
民前1940年
Nanakshahi calendar−1496
Seleucid era283/284 AG
Thai solar calendar514–515
Tibetan calendarལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་
(female Iron-Hare)
98 or −283 or −1055
    — to —
ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་
(male Water-Dragon)
99 or −282 or −1054

Year 29 BC was either a common year starting on Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Appuleius.

Events

  • Octavian Caesar becomes Roman Consul for the fifth time. His partner is Sextus Appuleius.
  • Octavian celebrates three Roman triumphs for his victories in Illyricum, Actium and Egypt
  • Marcus Licinius Crassus battles successfully in the Balkans
  • Sofia is conquered by the Romans
  • Start of the Cantabrian Wars