12 BC

Year 12 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius.

 Events 
 Tiberius Claudius Nero is called to Pannonia because of fighting by the Delmataeians.
 First official mention of Argentoratum, the city known in modern times as Strasbourg
 Emperor Augustus is given the title Pontifex Maximus
 Approximate date – Pyramid of Cestius built in Rome
 Beginning of Kushan Empire in India
 Comet Halley makes an appearance

 Births 

 Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, member of the Roman Senate (d. AD 20)
 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus, son of Julia the Elder and grandson of Augustus (d. AD 14)

 Deaths 

 King Azes II
 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, statesman, general (b. c. 63 BC)
 Propertius, poet (b. c. 50–45 BC)