- 4 BC
__NOTOC__Year 4 BC was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events
By place
Rome
* Archelaus becomes ethnarch of
Judea .Herod Antipas becomestetrarch ofGalilee and Perea.Births
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Jesus – Due to 4 BC being the year of King Herod's death, it is usually cited by modern historians as being the last possible birth year of Jesus (d. circa 30 AD). Jesus' birthday was probably notDecember 25 as celebrated; some believe it to have been in September, while others point toApril 17 .who|date=October 2007Deaths
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Herod the Great
*Marcus Tullius Tiro , freedman ofCicero
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