3 BC

Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla.

Events
 King Maroboduus of the Marcomanni made a confederation of Germanic tribes, with the Hermunduri, Lombards, Semnoni and Vandals.
 Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus leads the Roman army in Germania and crossed the Elbe

 Births 

 Seneca, Roman statesman (d. AD 65)
 Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor (d. AD 69)

 Deaths 

 Imperial consort Fu of the Chinese Han Dynasty