3 BC

Also known as 3 BCE

year

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Part of: 0s BC
Followed by: 2 BC
Follows: 4 BC

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topic's main category: Category:3 BC
point in time: 0003-01-01
Commons category: 3 BC
category for births in this time period: Category:3 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:3 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 751 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 3 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.

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