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20 is a year in the 1st century.  It was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus and Cotta.

 Events 
 Tiberias is built on the Sea of Galilee by Herod Antipas.
 Galba is a Roman praetor.
 Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus becomes a consul.
 First year of Dihuang era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
 Philo defines philosophy as the maidservant of theology.

 Deaths 
 Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Roman statesman and governor of Syria (b. 44 BC) 
 Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius (b. 36 BC)

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