25 BC

__NOTOC__Year 25 BC was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Ancient China

*Government gives tributary states 20000 rolls of silk cloth and about 20000 pounds of silk floss.

Rome

*Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Consul for the ninth time. His partner is Marcus Junius Silanus.
*The temple to Neptune on the Circus Flaminius was built.
*Estimation: Rome, capital of the Roman Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China. [http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm]

Births

* Aulus Cornelius Celsus, author of "De Medicina"

Deaths

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