16

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16 is a year in the 1st century.

Years : 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Centuries: 1st Century BC · 1st century · 2nd century
Decades: 10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s
Years: 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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[edit] Roman Empire

  • A Roman army of 90,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.
  • Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.

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[edit] Arts and Sciences

  • Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.

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[edit] Deaths

  • Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder