10 BC Facts for Kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	40s BC 30s BC 20s BC – 10s BC – 0s BC 0s 10s
Years:	13 BC 12 BC 11 BC – 10 BC – 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC

10 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	10 BC IX BC
Ab urbe condita	744
Ancient Greek era	192nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4741
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−602
Berber calendar	941
Buddhist calendar	535
Burmese calendar	−647
Byzantine calendar	5499–5500
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2687 or 2627 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2688 or 2628
Coptic calendar	−293 – −292
Discordian calendar	1157
Ethiopian calendar	−17 – −16
Hebrew calendar	3751–3752
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	47–48
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3091–3092
Holocene calendar	9991
Iranian calendar	631 BP – 630 BP
Islamic calendar	650 BH – 649 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	10 BC IX BC
Korean calendar	2324
Minguo calendar	1921 before ROC 民前1921年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1477
Seleucid era	302/303 AG
Thai solar calendar	533–534
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 117 or −264 or −1036 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 118 or −263 or −1035

Year 10 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Antonius.

Events

The Obelisk of Montecitorio is brought to Rome. It is made part of the Solarium Augusti, now in the Piazza Montecitorio.
The Romans build a bridge across the Rhine near Bonn
A Roman military camp is started at Speyer

for more information, see Category:10 BC births.

Claudius, Roman emperor (d. AD 54)
Agrippa I, king of Judea (d. AD 44)
Marcus Verrius Flaccus, Roman grammarian (d. AD 20)
Domitia Lepida, daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major (d. AD 54)\