19 BC
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In the year 19 bce
Construction
On June 9 Roman general Marcus Agrippa completes the 21-km- (13-mi-) long Aqua Virgo aqueduct, which runs almost completely underground from springs on the estate of Lucullus to the Campus Martius. It brings 104,000,000 L (27,500,000 gal) of water a day to Rome. It has remained in use intermittently until the present day, although sometimes out of order for hundreds of years. See also 33 bce Construction; 2 bce Construction
Agrippa builds the aqueduct at Nemausus (Nîmes), which features the Pont du Gard bridge over the Gardon River. The bridge has three tiers of arches 49 m (160 ft) high and is 274 m (900 ft) long. It is built of stone without cement or mortar and still stands today. An ingenious sluice with three channels is used to guarantee that the flow of water through the aqueduct remains constant. See also 40 bce Construction; 2 bce Construction.
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC – 10s BC – 0s BC 0s 10s |
| Years: | 22 BC 21 BC 20 BC – 19 BC – 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC |
| 19 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 19 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 735 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4732 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1862–-1861 |
| Bengali calendar | -611 |
| Berber calendar | 932 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 526 |
| Burmese calendar | -656 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5490–5491 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (2618/2678) — to —
壬寅年(2619/2679) |
| Coptic calendar | -302–-301 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -26–-25 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3742–3743 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 38–39 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3083–3084 |
| Holocene calendar | 9982 |
| Iranian calendar | 640 BP – 639 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 660 BH – 659 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2315 |
| Minguo calendar | 1930 before ROC 民前1930年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 525 |
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Year 19 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday or Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Vespillo (or, less frequently, year 735 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 19 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
By place
Roman Empire
- In Rome, Lucius Cornelius Balbus receives the honor of a triumph on the Forum Romanum, for his victories over the Garamantes in Africa.
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa completes the Aqua Virgo; the aqueduct is 20 kilometers in length and supplies the city with about 100,000,000 liters of water every day.
- The Cantabrians, living on the northernmost coast of Spain, are brought under Roman control. The region is completely subdued until 16 BC.
Births
- Vipsania Julia Agrippina, daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (d. c. AD 28)
Deaths
- Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)
- Albius Tibullus, Roman poet (b. 54 BC)
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