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Template:Year nav 1st century CE Template:Two other uses Template:C1YearInTopic Year 16 (XVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.
- Germanicus employs North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking a army in the Rhine delta aboard ± 1,000 ships. He defeats the Germans at Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms.
- Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.
Births
- September 16—Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38).
- September 16—Samual Yare, druid of Brittany, assistant to the Roman Emperor 100–126.
- Agrippina the Younger, Roman Empress.
Deaths
- Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
- Clemens (impostor)