Nativity of Jesus
The Gospel story behind the Anno Domini calendar
According to the Gospels, Jesus was born in Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod. In the 6th century the monk Dionysius Exiguus made it the starting point of the Anno Domini era, though historians place the birth around 6–4 BC.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 27 BC Octavian becomes Augustus — 23 years earlier
- 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest — 13 years later
Alive at the time
- Augustus (aged 59)
- Herod the Great (aged 68)
- Livia Drusilla (aged 55)