20 BC facts for kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	50s BC  40s BC  30s BC  – 20s BC –  10s BC  0s BC  0s
Years:	23 BC 22 BC 21 BC – 20 BC – 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC

20 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	20 BC
Ab urbe condita	734
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4731
Bahá'í calendar	-1863–-1862
Bengali calendar	-612
Berber calendar	931
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	525
Burmese calendar	-657
Byzantine calendar	5489–5490
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (2617/2677) — to — 辛丑年 (2618/2678)
Coptic calendar	-303–-302
Ethiopian calendar	-27–-26
Hebrew calendar	3741–3742
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	37–38
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3082–3083
Holocene calendar	9981
Iranian calendar	641 BP – 640 BP
Islamic calendar	661 BH – 660 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2314
Minguo calendar	1931 before ROC 民前1931年
Thai solar calendar	524

Year 20 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Appuleius and Nerva.

Events

• Rome and Parthia make a peace treaty
• King Herod the Great begins to renovate the Temple in Jerusalem
• Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France, is built (approximate date)
• Marcus Verrius Flaccus' dictionary De verborum significatu is published. It is one of the first great dictionaries in history.
• Shakas no longer control northwest India

Births

for more information, see Category:20 BC births.

• Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus Caesar (d. AD 4)
• Philo, the philosopher (approximate date) (d. AD 50)