Year 20 (XX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• Galba is a Roman praetor.
• Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus becomes a consul.

[edit] Asia

• First year of Dihuang era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.

[edit] By topic

[edit] Arts and sciences

• Philo defines philosophy as the maidservant of theology.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Hillel the Elder, Talmudic scholar, his school and teachings were the most influential in the Talmud.
• Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius. (b. 36 BC)

[edit] Notes and references