30 BC

The year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	60s BC  50s BC  40s BC  – 30s BC –  20s BC  10s BC  0s BC
Years:	33 BC 32 BC 31 BC – 30 BC – 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC

30 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	30 BC XXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	724
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 294
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 22
Ancient Greek era	187th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4721
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−622
Berber calendar	921
Buddhist calendar	515
Burmese calendar	−667
Byzantine calendar	5479–5480
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2667 or 2607     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2668 or 2608
Coptic calendar	−313 – −312
Discordian calendar	1137
Ethiopian calendar	−37 – −36
Hebrew calendar	3731–3732
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	27–28
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3071–3072
Holocene calendar	9971
Iranian calendar	651 BP – 650 BP
Islamic calendar	671 BH – 670 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	30 BC XXIX BC
Korean calendar	2304
Minguo calendar	1941 before ROC 民前1941年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1497
Seleucid era	282/283 AG
Thai solar calendar	513–514
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 97 or −284 or −1056     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 98 or −283 or −1055

Events

Roman Republic

• Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the fourth time. His partner is Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger.
• Octavian leads his army to the Dardanelles. He marches into Syria. Herod the Great sends him vows of loyalty and troops to help.
• Gaius Cornelius Gallus arrives in Cyrene and occupies Paraetonium.
• Mark Antony retreats with his army to Egypt. He learns that Pelusium opened its gates to Octavian without resistance.
• Octavian Caesar captures Alexandria. This marks the official annexation of Ancient Egypt to the Roman Republic.
• Cleopatra evacuates to Berenice on the west coast of the Red Sea. King Malchus of Nabatea attacks from the desert and burns the Egyptian ships.
• The children of Cleopatra are spared by Octavian. Octavia Minor raises Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy Philadelphus in her house in Rome.

Asia

• Common date given for Thiruvalluvar to write the Tirukkuṟaḷ
• First possible date for the invention of the wheelbarrow

Births

• Maroboduus, king of the Marcomanni (d. AD 37)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:30 BC deaths.

• Mark Antony, Roman consul and general (b. 83 BC)
• Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (b. 47 BC)
• Hyrcanus II, king and high priest of Judea until 40 BC
• August 12 – Cleopatra VII, last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (b. 69 BC)
• August 23 – Ptolemy Caesar, son of Julius Caesar and pharaoh of Egypt (b. 47 BC)