25 BC

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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.

Births

• Aulus Cornelius Celsus, author of De Medicina

Deaths

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