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Calendar overview 15
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 in the Germania magna area on the right bank of the Rhine . |
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| 15 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 7/8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 558/559 (southern Buddhism); 557/558 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 45th (46th) cycle , year of the wood-pig乙亥 ( at the beginning of the year wood-dog 甲戌) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 198th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3775/76 (September 1-2) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCLXVIII (768) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 325/326 (turn of the year April); Syria: 326/327 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 53 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 71/72 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
Augustan German Wars
- Germanicus , commander in chief of the Roman troops in Germania , leads a large-scale campaign in the area on the right bank of the Rhine. Mattium , the main town of Chatti , in the area of today's Schwalm-Eder district , is destroyed.
- May: Segestes , King of the Cherusci , openly opposes Arminius , under whom the Teutons defeated the Romans five years earlier. Arminius lives in a kidnapping marriage with Segestes' daughter Thusnelda , who is pregnant by him. Segestes is now besieged by his own tribesmen. The Roman army under Germanicus appears and can free the king. Segestes hands his pregnant daughter over to the Romans as a prisoner.
- Lucius Stertinius leads a division of the Roman army against the Brukterer , who settle between the Ems and Lippe . In the course of the fighting, the Romans also find the standard of Legion XVIIII, which went down in the Varus Battle .
- Late summer: The Roman army under Germanicus reaches the scene of the Varus Battle of 9 AD and buries the dead who have remained untouched here for six years. Not far from this place, Arminius lures the Roman cavalry into the trap and largely eliminates them. Germanicus decides to withdraw from Germania magna immediately. However, Aulus Caecina Severus was ordered to repair a Roman causeway with four legions.
- When Caecina's troops reach the marshland southwest of the Ems, where they are supposed to repair the Roman causeway, they are expected by a large Germanic army under Arminius. While the Romans have to camp in the swampy lowlands, the Teutons are on the surrounding hills. In the battle of the Pontes longi , the Germans waged grueling battles against the Romans for several days, who at the same time tried to build dams in the marshland to improve their fighting position. Only the hasty attack by Arminius' uncle Inguiomer prevents the complete annihilation of the Roman legions. Still, few soldiers, including Caecina herself, escape to Vetera . 10,000 to 15,000 Romans are killed.
Further events in the empire
- Drusus Iulius Caesar and Gaius Norbanus Flaccus are consuls of the Roman Empire . Marcus Iunius Silanus becomes the suffect consul .
- The consul of the year 3 and multiple legate in Germania Lucius Aelius Lamia is appointed governor in the province of Africa .
- The uprisings that began in Africa last year are continuing.
- Valerius Gratus becomes prefect of Iudaea , Samaria and Idumea .
Asia
- at 15: Erato , the daughter of Tigranes III. who sat on the Artaxid throne with her brother Tigranes IV until 1 and became the sole queen of Armenia in 13 , loses her throne.
religion
- Ishmael ben Phiabi I becomes high priest of Jerusalem .
Born
- September 24 : Lucius Vitellius , Roman politician († 69 )
- November 6th : Iulia Agrippina , Roman noblewoman, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother Nero († 59 )
- Thumelicus , Germanic prince, son of Arminius († before 47)
Died
- around 15: Sextus Aurelius propertius , Roman poet of elegance (* 48 BC )
Web links
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