37 BC

__NOTOC__Year 37 BC was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

* Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa created the "portus Julius" in the today submersed town of Puteoli (the modern Pozzuoli, close to Naples).
* Octavian engineered the Second Pact of Tarentum which renewed the Triumvirate for an additional five years.
* Romans conquer Jerusalem from the Parthians. Herod the Great becomes king of Judea. Jonathan Aristobulus III becomes high priest.

Asia

* The kingdom of Goguryeo in Korea is founded by the king Dongmyeong. (traditional date)

Births

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Deaths

* Antigonus the Hasmonean (executed by order of Mark Antony)
* Empress Shangguan (b. 89 BC)
* Jing Fang (b. 78 BC), Chinese mathematician and music theorist