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17 is a year in the 1st century.
[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.
[edit] By Topic
[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