Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries: 2nd century BC1st century BC1st century
Decades: 30s BC  20s BC  10s BC  – 0s BC –  0s  10s  20s
Years: BC BC BCBCBC BC AD 1
3 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar3 BC
II BC
Ab urbe condita751
Ancient Greek era194th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4748
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−595
Berber calendar948
Buddhist calendar542
Burmese calendar−640
Byzantine calendar5506–5507
Chinese calendar丁巳(Fire Snake)
2694 or 2634
    — to —
戊午年 (Earth Horse)
2695 or 2635
Coptic calendar−286 – −285
Discordian calendar1164
Ethiopian calendar−10 – −9
Hebrew calendar3758–3759
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat54–55
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3098–3099
Holocene calendar9998
Iranian calendar624 BP – 623 BP
Islamic calendar643 BH – 642 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar3 BC
II BC
Korean calendar2331
Minguo calendar1914 before ROC
民前1914年
Nanakshahi calendar−1470
Seleucid era309/310 AG
Thai solar calendar540–541
Tibetan calendar阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
124 or −257 or −1029
    — to —
阳土马年
(male Earth-Horse)
125 or −256 or −1028

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