3 BC

Not to be confused with BC-3 (disambiguation).

Calendar year

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s
Years:	6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC
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Politics
3 BC by topic
State leaders Political entities
Categories
Births
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3 BC in various calendars

Bengali calendar −596 – −595

Chinese calendar 丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
2695 or 2488
— to —
戊午年 (Earth Horse)
2696 or 2489

Coptic calendar −286 – −285

- Vikram Samvat 54–55

- Shaka Samvat N/A

- Kali Yuga 3098–3099

Iranian calendar 624 BP – 623 BP

Islamic calendar 643 BH – 642 BH

Minguo calendar 1914 before ROC
民前1914年

Tibetan calendar 阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
124 or −257 or −1029
— to —
阳土马年
(male Earth-Horse)
125 or −256 or −1028

Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 751 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 3 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.