12 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century

Decades: 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s

Years: 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC

Events

• Comet Halley makes an appearance

Births

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, member of the Roman Senate.

Deaths

• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, statesman, general
• Propertius, poet
• Ptolemy Philadelphus, youngest child of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt