39 BC

Year 39 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Saturday (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 Saturday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Sabinus (or, less frequently, year 715 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 39 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC
Years:	42 BC 41 BC 40 BC 39 BC 38 BC 37 BC 36 BC

39 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	39 BC XXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	715
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 285
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 13
Ancient Greek era	185th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4712
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−631
Berber calendar	912
Buddhist calendar	506
Burmese calendar	−676
Byzantine calendar	5470–5471
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2658 or 2598     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2659 or 2599
Coptic calendar	−322 – −321
Discordian calendar	1128
Ethiopian calendar	−46 – −45
Hebrew calendar	3722–3723
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	18–19
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3062–3063
Holocene calendar	9962
Iranian calendar	660 BP – 659 BP
Islamic calendar	680 BH – 679 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	39 BC XXXVIII BC
Korean calendar	2295
Minguo calendar	1950 before ROC 民前1950年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1506
Seleucid era	273/274 AG
Thai solar calendar	504–505
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 88 or −293 or −1065     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 89 or −292 or −1064

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Marcus Antonius dispatches Publius Ventidius Bassus with 11 legions to the East and drives Quintus Labienus out of Asia Minor. Bassus retreats into Syria, where he receives Parthian reinforcements. Ventidius finally defeats him in the battle at the Taurus Mountains.
• Publius Ventidius defeats Pharnastanes with his cataphracts at the Amanus Gates, and goes on to reclaim Syria, Phoenicia and Judea. Labienus flees to Cilicia, where he is captured and executed.
• Sextus Pompey, styles himself "son of Neptune", controls Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Peloponnesus, and is recognized by the Triumvirate in the Pact of Misenum. The pact helps to assure Rome's grain supply, and the blockade on Roman Italy is lifted.

Births

• Antonia the Elder, daughter of Mark Antony, grandmother of Nero and Messalina (d. bef. AD 25)
• Julia the Elder, daughter of Caesar Augustus (d. AD 14)

Deaths

• Quintus Labienus, Roman general (murdered)

References