4 BC

Not to be confused with 4BC or BC4.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	30s BC  20s BC  10s BC  – 0s BC –  0s  10s  20s
Years:	7 BC 6 BC 5 BC – 4 BC – 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC

4 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	4 BC III BC
Ab urbe condita	750
Ancient Greek era	194th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4747
Bengali calendar	−596
Berber calendar	947
Buddhist calendar	541
Burmese calendar	−641
Byzantine calendar	5505–5506
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2693 or 2633     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2694 or 2634
Coptic calendar	−287 – −286
Discordian calendar	1163
Ethiopian calendar	−11 – −10
Hebrew calendar	3757–3758
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	53–54
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3098–3099
Holocene calendar	9997
Iranian calendar	625 BP – 624 BP
Islamic calendar	644 BH – 643 BH
Julian calendar	4 BC III BC
Korean calendar	2330
Minguo calendar	1915 before ROC 民前1915年
Seleucid era	308/309 AG
Thai solar calendar	539–540

Year 4 BC was a common year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 750 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 4 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Judea Province, Roman Empire

• After the death of Herod the Great, there is unrest in his kingdom. His son, Herod Archelaus becomes the new ruler of Judea. Herod Antipas becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.
• The Governor of Syria, Publius Quintilius Varus, assembles three of his four legions, including Legio X Fretensis, and marched down to Jerusalem from Antioch to restore order. He crucifies 2,000 Jewish rebels.

Births

• Jesus: Due to 4 BC being the year of King Herod's death, it is usually cited by modern Biblical literalists as being the last possible birth year of Jesus (d. circa AD 30).
• Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

Deaths

• Herod the Great (b. 73 BC)
• Marcus Tullius Tiro, freedman of Cicero