37 BC

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

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