3

This article is about the year 3 AD. For other uses, see 3 (disambiguation).

The year 3 (III) was a common year which started on a Monday. according to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Wednesday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Servilius. The year is called 3 since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the usual method in Europe for naming years. It was the 3rd year of the 1st century.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s BC  10s BC  0s BC  – 0s –  10s  20s  30s
Years:	1 BC AD 1 AD 2 – AD 3 – AD 4 AD 5 AD 6

AD 3 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 3 III
Ab urbe condita	756
Assyrian calendar	4753
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−590
Berber calendar	953
Buddhist calendar	547
Burmese calendar	−635
Byzantine calendar	5511–5512
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2699 or 2639     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2700 or 2640
Coptic calendar	−281 – −280
Discordian calendar	1169
Ethiopian calendar	−5 – −4
Hebrew calendar	3763–3764
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	59–60
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3103–3104
Holocene calendar	10003
Iranian calendar	619 BP – 618 BP
Islamic calendar	638 BH – 637 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 3 III
Korean calendar	2336
Minguo calendar	1909 before ROC 民前1909年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1465
Seleucid era	314/315 AG
Thai solar calendar	545–546
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 129 or −252 or −1024     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 130 or −251 or −1023

Events

Roman Empire

• The rule of Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period.
• Augustus adopts his grandson, Gaius Caesar, with the expectation that he will succeed him. Gaius is made proconsul and is sent on a special mission to the East.
• Lucius Aelius Lamia is consul of Rome
• Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus is consul of Rome

Europe

• Menneas becomes Archon of Athens
• Five German tribes are unified by Marbod, King of the Marcomanni. The unification of the five tribes represents a direct threat to Rome in the area that will become Silesia and Saxony.

China

• Wang Mang foils a plot by his son,Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to remove him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu Kuan are killed in the purge that follows.

Births

A painting of Paul of Tarsus by Rembrandt.

• Ban Biao, Chinese historian (d. 54)
• Paul of Tarsus (d. 67)