Decade · 39 BCE – 30 BCE
The world in the 30s BCE
From 39 BCE to 30 BCE the atlas holds 86 states standing at some time. 12 things began - Battle of Actium, Goguryeo and War of Actium among them - and 5 ended; 13 people were born and 14 died, 2 of all these dated only to the decade.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
- 30 BCE 10
What began in the 30s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 2
- Goguryeo · state · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Herodian kingdom · state · 37 – 4 BCE
Wars and battles 10
- Battle of Actium · battle · 31 BCE
- War of Actium · war · 32 – 30 BCE
- Battle of Naulochus · battle · 36 BCE
- Antony's Atropatene campaign · battle · 36 BCE
- Battle of Mount Gindarus · battle · 38 BCE
- Battle of Zhizhi · battle · 36 BCE
- Octavian's military campaigns in Illyricum · battle · 35 – 33 BCE
- Herod's siege of Jerusalem · battle · 37 BCE
and 2 more in the atlas.
What ended in the 30s BCE
States 2
- Ptolemaic Kingdom · state · 305 – 30 BCE
- Hasmonean Judea · state · 140 – 37 BCE
Wars and battles 3
- War of Actium · war · 32 – 30 BCE
- War between Sextus Pompey and the Second Triumvirate · war · 42 – 36 BCE
- Octavian's military campaigns in Illyricum · battle · 35 – 33 BCE
Born and died
Born 13
- Nero Claudius Drusus · politician · 38 – 9 BCE
- Julia the Elder · person · 39 BCE – 14 CE
- Antonia Minor · person · 36 BCE – 37 CE
- Antonia the Elder · person · 39 BCE – 32 CE
- Yuri of Goguryeo · ruler · 38 BCE – 18 CE
- Pythodoris of Pontus · politician · 30 BCE – 38 CE
- Gaius Ateius Capito · politician · 38 BCE – 22 CE
- Lucius Volusius Saturninus · politician · 38 BCE – 56 CE
- Gaius Sulpicius Galba · politician · 38 BCE – 4 CE
- Bato the Daesitiate · person · 31 BCE – 1 CE
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio · politician · 34 BCE – 2 CE
- Gaius Calvisius Sabinus · politician · 31 BCE – 100 CE
- Gaius Vibius Postumus · politician · 35 BCE – 20 CE
Died 14
- Cleopatra · monarch · 69 – 30 BCE
- Mark Antony · politician · 83 – 30 BCE
- Sallust · politician · 86 – 35 BCE
- Caesarion · ruler · 47 – 30 BCE
- Hyrcanus II · ruler · 110 – 30 BCE
- Sextus Pompey · politician · 68 – 35 BCE
- Antigonus II Mattathias · ruler · 80 – 37 BCE
- Pacorus I · person · 67 – 38 BCE
- Emperor Yuan of Han · monarch · 75 – 33 BCE
- Antiochus I of Commagene · monarch · 86 – 38 BCE
- Aristobulus III of Judea · ruler · 53 – 36 BCE
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus · military leader · 80 – 30 BCE
- Marcus Antonius Antyllus · person · 47 – 30 BCE
- Mucia Tertia · person · 95 – 31 BCE
States of the 30s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 30s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 39 BCE.
Europe12 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Alfenus Varus, Roman consul since 39 BCE and Lucius Marcius Censorinus, Roman consul since 39 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Alfenus Varus, Roman consul since 39 BCE and Lucius Marcius Censorinus, Roman consul since 39 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Dacia · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE · Dynamis, King of the Bosporus since 44 BCE and Asander, King of the Bosporus since 44 BCE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Lazica · 101 BCE – 700 CE
and 4 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa34 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE · Cleopatra, pharaoh since 51 BCE and Caesarion, pharaoh since 44 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Kingdom of Iberia · 299 BCE – 580 CE · Pharnavaz II, King of Iberia since 63 BCE
and 26 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia17 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Kanva dynasty · 70 – 25 BCE
and 9 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia14 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Yuan of Han, Emperor of China since 48 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Yuan of Han, Emperor of China since 48 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
and 6 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania3 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Teotihuacan · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown6 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Shanshan · 92 BCE – 445 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 59 BCE – 10 BCE: every state, war and life of the 30s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 34 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.