31 BC
year
Year 31 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Octavianus.
Gregorian calendar | 31 BC XXX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 723 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 293 |
- Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 21 |
Ancient Greek era | 187th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4720 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −623 |
Berber calendar | 920 |
Buddhist calendar | 514 |
Burmese calendar | −668 |
Byzantine calendar | 5478–5479 |
Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2666 or 2606 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2667 or 2607 |
Coptic calendar | −314 – −313 |
Discordian calendar | 1136 |
Ethiopian calendar | −38 – −37 |
Hebrew calendar | 3730–3731 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 26–27 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3070–3071 |
Holocene calendar | 9970 |
Iranian calendar | 652 BP – 651 BP |
Islamic calendar | 672 BH – 671 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | 31 BC XXX BC |
Korean calendar | 2303 |
Minguo calendar | 1942 before ROC 民前1942年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1498 |
Seleucid era | 281/282 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 512–513 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 96 or −285 or −1057 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 97 or −284 or −1056 |
Events
change- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the third time. His partner is Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, replacing Mark Antony.
- Octavian establishes a bridgehead at the Gulf of Ambracia
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa sailed with 300 war galleys to the western Peloponnese. He occupied the Gulf of Corinth to cut off Antony's line of communication.
- Antony sets up camp at the promontory of Actium.
- Agrippa stormed Leucas. He took the garrison at Patrae.
- The Egyptian fleet retreats to Taenarus.
- Octavian takes court at Samos
- In the Judean Desert Herod the Great completes the fortress Masada.
- The Hellenistic period in art ends (or AD 14 by some scholars)