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Year '''29 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Friday]] or [[Common year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] or a [[leap year starting on Thursday]], [[Leap year starting on Friday|Friday]] or [[Leap year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ, see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|leap year error]] for further information) and a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Proleptic Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Appuleius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 725 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 29 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Caesar Augustus|Octavian Caesar]] becomes [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consul]] for the fifth time. His partner is [[Sextus Appuleius]]. He is granted the title of [[imperator]], and for the third time in [[Roman history]] the doors of the [[Temple of Janus (Roman Forum)|Temple of Janus]] are closed, signalling [[peace]].
* Octavian celebrates, in [[Rome]], three [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] on consecutive days ([[August 13]], [[August 14]], and [[August 15]]) to commemorate his [[Victory|victories]] in [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]], [[Battle of Actium|Actium]] and [[Ptolemaic Egypt|Egypt]].
* [[Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul 30 BC)|Marcus Licinius Crassus]] campaigns successfully in the [[Balkans]], killing the king of the [[Bastarnae]] by his own hand, but is denied the right to dedicate the [[spolia opima]] by Octavian.
* [[Sofia]], modern day capital of [[Bulgaria]], is conquered by the Romans and becomes known as Ulpia [[Serdica]].
* Start of the [[Cantabrian Wars]] against [[Roman army|Roman]] occupation in [[Hispania]].
* Though started under the triumvirate with Mark Anthony and Marcus Lepidus, Octavian completes three projects in the [[Forum Romanum]]: [[Temple of the Deified Julius]], the [[Curia]], and the [[Chalcidicum]].<ref>{{cite book | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | title=The Ancient Roman City | year=1988 | place=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | page=50 | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>
=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Horace]] writes the [[ode]] ''Occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen''.
* [[Virgil]] probably completes the ''[[Georgics]]'' and begins composition of the ''[[Aeneid]]''.</onlyinclude>
== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Antiochus II of Commagene|Antiochus II]], Armenian prince of [[Commagene]] (executed)
* [[Mariamne I]], wife of [[Herod the Great]] (executed) (or [[28 BC]])
* [[Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra)|Ptolemy Philadelphus]], Ptolemaic prince of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]] (b. [[36 BC]])
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