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Year 20 (XX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messala and Cotta (or, less frequently, year 773 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 20 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Servius Sulpicius Galba is a Roman praetor.
- Emperor Tiberius is forced to order an investigation and a public trial in the Roman Senate, for the murder of Germanicus. Fearing he will be found guilty, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso commits suicide.
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus becomes a consul.
Asia
- First year of Dihuang era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Philo defines philosophy as the maidservant of theology.
Births
Deaths
- Hillel the Elder, Talmudic scholar, his school and teachings were the most influential in the Talmud.
- Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Roman statesman and governor of Syria (b. 44 BC)
- Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius. (b. 36 BC)