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AD 17 (XVII) was a common year starting on Friday and had only 32 weeks

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• May 26 – Germanicus returns to Rome as conquering hero; he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti and other Germanic tribes west of the Elbe.
• Emperor Tiberius sends Germanicus to the east in order to lead a military campaign against Parthia.
• Cappadocia (Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.
• Lucius Aelius Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.

Europe

• Beginning of a civil war in Germania.
• Maroboduus, king of the Marcomanni, is defeated by Arminius and his Germanic tribes.

Africa

• Tacfarinas, Numidian deserter from the Roman army, begins a guerrilla war against the Romans. He leads his own Musulamii tribe and a coalition of Berbers, attacking the Limes Tripolitanus a fortified zone (Limes) of the Roman Empire in Africa.

Palestine

• Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, builds on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, the city Tiberias, in honor of Tiberius.

Asia Minor

• An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis and damages several other cities.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Publication of the Ab Urbe condita ("History of Rome Since its Foundation") in 142 volumes by Livy.

Deaths

• Ovid, Roman poet (or AD 18)
• Livy, Roman historian (b. 59 BC)
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author (b. c. 64 BC)
• Archelaus, King of Cappadocia

References

1. Tacitus, The Annals 2.41
2. Tacitus, The Annals 2.52
3. Tacitus, The Annals 2.47
4. Tacitus, The Annals 2.42

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