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Revision as of 03:10, 25 February 2010 by 173.88.79.230 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Year nav 1st century CE Template:Otheruses-number 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.
Shirey
- Soccer player Jason Shirey's #
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 rebellion. 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 thier 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)