32 BC

32 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	32 BC XXXII BC
Ab urbe condita	722
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 292
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 20
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	187th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4719
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−625 – −624
Berber calendar	919
Buddhist calendar	513
Burmese calendar	−669
Byzantine calendar	5477–5478
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth  Rat) 2666 or 2459     — to — 己丑年 (Earth  Ox) 2667 or 2460
Coptic calendar	−315 – −314
Discordian calendar	1135
Ethiopian calendar	−39 – −38
Hebrew calendar	3729–3730
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	25–26
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3069–3070
Holocene calendar	9969
Iranian calendar	653 BP – 652 BP
Islamic calendar	673 BH – 672 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	32 BC XXXII BC
Korean calendar	2302
Minguo calendar	1943 before ROC 民前1943年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1499
Seleucid era	280/281 AG
Thai solar calendar	511–512
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Rat) 95 or −286 or −1058     — to — ས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Earth-Ox) 96 or −285 or −1057

Year 32 BC was either a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Sosius (or, less frequently, year 722 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 32 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 Republic

• Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Gaius Sosius become consuls of Rome. ^{[1] [2]}
• Spring – Final War of the Roman Republic: Mark Antony transfers his headquarters from Samos to Athens, where he assembles a fleet of 500 combat vessels and 300 transport ships, crewed by 150,000 men.
• Sparta under Caius Iulius Eurycles, whose father Antony had been ordered to be executed for piracy, declares his support for Octavian. Lappa (modern Argyroupoli) in Attica and Kydonia in Crete revolt against Cleopatra.
• July – The Roman Senate declares war upon Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII. Octavian Caesar is proclaimed dux and the West - Gallic and Spanish provinces, Africa, Sicily and Sardinia - swear an oath ( sacramentum ) of loyalty to him. In order to assure this oath, Octavian forces the high priest of the Vestal Virgins in Rome to hand over Antony's will, which contains information about the Roman-conquered territories as kingdoms and plans to build a tomb in Alexandria for him and Cleopatra.
• Winter – Antony distributes garrisons along the west coast of Greece, stations the fleet at Actium and establishes his headquarters at Patrae.
• Zacynthus is held by Gaius Sosius, and Methone (Messenia) by Bogud of the royal house of Mauretania, driven into exile by his brother Bocchus II.

Births

• Marcus Valerius Messalla, Roman politician

Deaths

• March 31 – Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman ^[3]

References

1.   Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ahenobarbus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
2. Gray, E.W. (1975). "The crisis in Rome at the beginning of 32 B.C." (PDF). The Proceedings of the African Classical Associations. 13: 22. ISSN   0555-3059. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
3. "Pompōnius Atticus, Titus" . The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World. Oxford University Press. 2007. ISBN   9780191727061 . Retrieved December 5, 2025.