22 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:	25 BC 24 BC 23 BC – 22 BC – 21 BC 20 BC 19 BC

22 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	22 BC XXI BC
Ab urbe condita	732
Ancient Greek era	189th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4729
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−614
Berber calendar	929
Buddhist calendar	523
Burmese calendar	−659
Byzantine calendar	5487–5488
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2675 or 2615     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2676 or 2616
Coptic calendar	−305 – −304
Discordian calendar	1145
Ethiopian calendar	−29 – −28
Hebrew calendar	3739–3740
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	35–36
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3079–3080
Holocene calendar	9979
Iranian calendar	643 BP – 642 BP
Islamic calendar	663 BH – 662 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	22 BC XXI BC
Korean calendar	2312
Minguo calendar	1933 before ROC 民前1933年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1489
Seleucid era	290/291 AG
Thai solar calendar	521–522
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 105 or −276 or −1048     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 106 or −275 or −1047

Year 22 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday or Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Arruntius.

Events

• Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and Lucius Munatius Plancus are Roman Censors
• The Roman governor of Egypt destroys the Nubian capital of Napata
• King Artaxias II returns to Armenia and claims the throne. Artavasdes I escapes to Rome.