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*After flooding of the ] farmers are forced to rebel. Emperor ] reacted by sending a Chinese army (± 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels. The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it would become impossible to tell friend from foe, ordered that their men color their eyebrows red — and this is where the name ] (the '''"Red Eyebrows"''') came from. | ||
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Template:Otheruses-number Template:Year nav 1st century CE
Template:C1YearInTopic Year 18 (XVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Tiberius and Germanicus are Roman Consuls.
- A vexillatio (sub-unit) of Legio III Augusta is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.
- The German chieftain Arminius destroys the kingdom of the Marcomanni.
Syria
- Winter—Germanicus Caesar arrived in Syria, as new commander in chief for the Roman East.
- Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria, ignored the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based legions, including Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis, to Armenia to back him in his planned coronation of Artaxias III.
Parthia
- Germanicus conclude a peace treaty with Artabanus II of Parthia, in which he is recognized as king and friend of Rome.
China
- After flooding of the Yellow River farmers are forced to rebel. Emperor Wang Mang reacted by sending a Chinese army (± 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels. The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it would become impossible to tell friend from foe, ordered that their men color their eyebrows red — and this is where the name Chimei (the "Red Eyebrows") came from.
India
- In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.
Births
Deaths
- Ovid, Roman poet (or 17)
- Yang Xiong, Chinese philosopher, poet, and author (b. 53 BC)