5 BCE

Probable nova in the constellation Aquila. C. December – Probable supernova in the constellation Capricornus.

In the 0s BC, the 1st century BC.

Science & Discovery

  • March – Probable nova in the constellation Aquila.source
  • c. December – Probable supernova in the constellation Capricornus.source

Births

  • January 15 – Guang Wu, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (died AD 57)source
  • Aemilia Lepida, Roman noblewoman and fiancée of Claudius (died AD 43)source
  • John the Baptist (died c. AD 30)source
  • Domitia Lepida, daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major (died AD 54)source
  • Lucius Vitellius the Elder, Roman consul and governor of Syria (died AD 51)source

Deaths

  • Acme (enslaved woman), Jewish slave and personal maid in the service of the Empress Livia Drusilla, wife of Augustussource
  • Curia, Roman noblewoman and wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillosource