17

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17 is a year in the 1st century.

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

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[edit] Events

[edit] By Place

[edit] Roman Empire

  • Germanicus leads military campaigns in the East.
  • Cappadocia (in Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.
  • Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.

[edit] Europe

  • Beginning of a civil war in Germania.

[edit] Asia Minor

  • An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis.

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[edit] Arts and Sciences

  • Publication of the Ab Urbe condita ("History of Rome Since its Foundation") in 142 volumes by Livy.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

  • Ovid, Roman poet (or 18)
  • Livy, Roman historian
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author