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Find sources: "26 BC" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium BC Centuries 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC v t e 26 BC by topic Politics State leaders Political entities Categories Deaths v t e 26 BC in various calendars Gregorian calendar 26 BC XXVI BC Ab urbe condita 728 Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 188th Olympiad, year 3 Assyrian calendar 4725 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −619 – −618 Berber calendar 925 Buddhist calendar 519 Burmese calendar −663 Byzantine calendar 5483–5484 Chinese calendar 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2672 or 2465 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2673 or 2466 Coptic calendar −309 – −308 Discordian calendar 1141 Ethiopian calendar −33 – −32 Hebrew calendar 3735–3736 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 31–32 - Shaka Samvat N/A - Kali Yuga 3075–3076 Holocene calendar 9975 Iranian calendar 647 BP – 646 BP Islamic calendar 667 BH – 666 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar 26 BC XXVI BC Korean calendar 2308 Minguo calendar 1937 before ROC 民前1937年 Nanakshahi calendar −1493 Seleucid era 286/287 AG Thai solar calendar 517–518 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Horse) 101 or −280 or −1052 — to — ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Sheep) 102 or −279 or −1051 Year **26 BC** was either a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) or [Wednesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Wednesday) or a [leap year starting on Monday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Monday), [Tuesday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday) or [Wednesday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Wednesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar) (the sources differ, see [leap year error](/source/Julian_calendar#Leap_year_error) for further information) and a [common year starting on Monday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Proleptic Julian calendar](/source/Proleptic_Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus** (or, less frequently, **year 728 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 26 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Roman Empire - [Imperator Caesar Augustus](/source/Caesar_Augustus) becomes [Roman Consul](/source/List_of_Early_Imperial_Roman_Consuls) for the eighth time. His partner [Titus Statilius Taurus](/source/Titus_Statilius_Taurus) becomes Consul for the second time and refounds the old Contestanian Iberian capital of Ilici ([Elche](/source/Elche)), known since then as "Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta". - [Cleopatra Selene](/source/Cleopatra_Selene_II) marries [Juba II of Numidia](/source/Juba_II_of_Numidia), and as a wedding present Augustus makes her the queen of [Mauretania](/source/Mauretania) in her own right. - Disastrous campaign of [Aelius Gallus](/source/Aelius_Gallus) in the [Arabian Peninsula](/source/Arabian_Peninsula), then known as "Arabia Felix". - [Tiridates II](/source/Tiridates_II_of_Parthia) invades [Parthia](/source/Parthia) and issues [coins](/source/Coins) dated from March and May, 26 BC. - [Gavius](/source/Gavius) Silo, [orator](/source/Public_speaking), is heard by Caesar Augustus - mentioned by [Seneca](/source/Seneca_the_Elder). - Augustus starts a campaign against the [Cantabrians](/source/Cantabri) in northern [Hispania](/source/Hispania). He leads an army (8 [legions](/source/Roman_legion)) and consolidates the north-eastern region. #### Greece - Dioteimus Alaieus is one of the [Archons of Athens](/source/Archons_of_Athens). #### Osroene - [Abgar III](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abgar_III&action=edit&redlink=1) of [Osroene](/source/Osroene) is succeeded by [Abgar IV Sumaqa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abgar_IV_Sumaqa&action=edit&redlink=1). #### Asia - The [Andhra dynasty](/source/Andhra_dynasty) replaces the [Kanva dynasty](/source/Kanva_dynasty), and rules over the eastern part of [India](/source/India). ### By topic #### Astronomy - [August 29](/source/August_29) – [Christian Cross Asterism (astronomy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Cross_Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&redlink=1) at [Zenith](/source/Zenith) of [Lima](/source/Lima), [Peru](/source/Peru). ## Births ## Deaths - [Gaius Cornelius Gallus](/source/Cornelius_Gallus), Roman politician and [poet](/source/Poet) (b. [70 BC](/source/70_BC)) - [Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus](/source/Marcus_Valerius_Messalla_Rufus), Roman politician ## References --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [26 BC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_BC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_BC?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.