28 BC
Year 28 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the First Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa. The denomination 28 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
- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the sixth time. His partner Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa becomes Consul for the second time.
- The Roman Senate grants Octavian Caesar imperium maius of the Roman armed forces.
- Augustus initiates a census of the Roman Republic for the first time since 69 BC.
- Roman–Dardanian wars end
By topic
Astronomy
- May 10 - The earliest dated record of a sunspot by Chinese astronomers.
Births
Deaths
- Alexandra the Maccabee, Hasmonean princess
- Mariamne I, Hasmonean princess and wife Herod the Great