18 BC
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Year 18 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Thursday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Lentulus (or, less frequently, year 736 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 18 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
- Caesar Augustus introduces the Lex Julia (Julian Laws):
- Lex Iulia de Ambitu penalised bribery when acquiring political offices.
- Lex Iulia de maritandis ordinibus introduced penalties and incentives to promote marriage, and forbade marriage of senators, as well as of their children, to prostitutes and to freedmen.
Asia
- Onjo becomes the first ruler of the Korean kingdom of Baekje (traditional date).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Births
Deaths
- Cornelia, daughter of Scribonia (second wife of Augustus)<ref>John Scheid, "Scribonia Caesaris et les Cornelii Lentuli", Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 100 (1976), pp. 485-491</ref>