34 BC Facts for Kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	60s BC 50s BC 40s BC – 30s BC – 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC
Years:	37 BC 36 BC 35 BC – 34 BC – 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC

24 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	24 BC XXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	730
Ancient Greek era	189th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4727
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−616
Berber calendar	927
Buddhist calendar	521
Burmese calendar	−661
Byzantine calendar	5485–5486
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 2673 or 2613 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2674 or 2614
Coptic calendar	−307 – −306
Discordian calendar	1143
Ethiopian calendar	−31 – −30
Hebrew calendar	3737–3738
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	33–34
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3077–3078
Holocene calendar	9977
Iranian calendar	645 BP – 644 BP
Islamic calendar	665 BH – 664 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	24 BC XXIII BC
Korean calendar	2310
Minguo calendar	1935 before ROC 民前1935年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1491
Seleucid era	288/289 AG
Thai solar calendar	519–520
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 103 or −278 or −1050 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 104 or −277 or −1049

Year 34 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Libo.

Events

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian made Dalmatia and Pannonia happy by forming the province of Illyricum.
Antony regained Armenia from Parthia. Octavian reduces the outposts defending the Liburnian town of Promona. He sets up siege works and forces them to surrender.
Antony goes into Armenia with an army. He marches to the capital Artaxata. He arrests king Artavasdes II and takes him to Alexandria.
The Donations of Alexandria: Antony distributes the eastern kingdoms as a gift to the children of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Antony made Cleopatra a Hellenistic monarch at Alexandria. He gave her the title "Queen of Kings".