16 BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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16 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar16 BC
XVI BC
Ab urbe condita738
Ancient Greek era191st Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4735
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−608
Berber calendar935
Buddhist calendar529
Burmese calendar−653
Byzantine calendar5493–5494
Chinese calendar甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2682 or 2475
    — to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
2683 or 2476
Coptic calendar−299 – −298
Discordian calendar1151
Ethiopian calendar−23 – −22
Hebrew calendar3745–3746
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat41–42
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3085–3086
Holocene calendar9985
Iranian calendar637 BP – 636 BP
Islamic calendar657 BH – 656 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar16 BC
XVI BC
Korean calendar2318
Minguo calendar1927 before ROC
民前1927年
Nanakshahi calendar−1483
Seleucid era296/297 AG
Thai solar calendar527–528
Tibetan calendar阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
111 or −270 or −1042
    — to —
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
112 or −269 or −1041
West side of the Maison Carrée in Nîmes

Year 16 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday or Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Sunday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 738 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 16 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.