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Calendar overview 17
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| Ethiopian calendar | 9/10 |
| Buddhist calendar | 560/561 (southern Buddhism); 559/560 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 45th (46th) cycle , year of the Fire Ox丁丑 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Rat 丙子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 198th / 1st year of the 199th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3777/78 (September 10-11) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCLXX (770) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 327/328 (turn of the year April); Syria: 328/329 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 55 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 73/74 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- Lucius Pomponius Flaccus and Gaius Caelius Rufus are consuls of the Roman Empire . Gaius Vibius Marsus and Lucius Voluseius Proculus become suffect consuls .
- The province of Gaul is divided into Gallia Belgica (capital: Durocortorum ), Gallia Lugdunensis (capital: Lugdunum ) and Gallia Aquitania (capital: Mediolanum Santonum ). Gallia Belgica also includes the military district from which the provinces Germania inferior and Germania superior are later formed.
- May 26th : C. Iulius Caesar Germanicus triumphantly moves to Rome after his campaign against the Teutons . The former Cheruscan prince Segestes , his daughter Thusnelda and their son, the only two-year-old Thumelicus , are presented as prisoners. All three are then sent into exile.
- A revolt by Numidian and Moorish tribes under the leadership of Tacfarinas begins in the province of Africa . Its guerrilla war is initially very successful. Proconsul Marcus Furius Camillus can inflict a first defeat on him, but the uprising continues.
- Emperor Tiberius sets Antiochus III. , King of the client state of Kommagene . The land will from now on be administered directly by Rome.
- Construction of the city of Tiberias in Judea begins.
Germania
- Spring: The pro-Roman marcomann king Marbod goes with his warriors against the Cherusci under Arminius . According to legend, he was the first to cross the Ore Mountains with his army . The armed forces are roughly balanced at around 50,000 each. Arminius succeeds in pushing his rival back into his tribal area in Bohemia .
Culture
- In India the Ratiramana is written by Siddha Nagarjuna . The work deals with the aspects of conjugal love in 11 chapters.
Disasters
- Several cities in the Roman province of Asia , including Magnesia am Meander , are destroyed by an earthquake . Emperor Tiberius will have it rebuilt with his own resources over the next twelve years.
Sports
- The former Roman general Germanicus wins the chariot race of the Olympic Games .
Died
- Archelaus , King of Cappadocia (* around 63 BC )
- Antiochus , King of Commagene
- around 17: Titus Livius , Roman historian (* around 59 BC )
- at 17: Ovid , Roman poet (* 43 BC )
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