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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 circa 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)