19 BC
Year 19 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Vespillo. The denomination 19 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the main method in Europe for naming years.Events
By place
- In Rome, Lucius Cornelius Balbus receives the honor of a triumph on the Forum Romanum, for his victories over the Garamantes in Africa.
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa completes the Aqua Virgo; the aqueduct is in length and supplies the city of Rome with about 100,000,000 liters of water every day.
- The Cantabrians, living on the northernmost coast of Spain, are brought under Roman control. The region is completely subdued until 16 BC.
Asia
- King Yuri becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.
Births
- Vipsania Julia Agrippina, daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder
Deaths
- September 21 - Virgil, Roman poet
- Albius Tibullus, Roman poet
- Dongmyeong, Korean king of Goguryeo
