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Year 16 was a leap year starting on Wednesday
Leap year starting on Wednesday

This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Wednesday , such as 1992.Common year starting on Tuesday | Common year starting on Friday...
 (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
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Year 16 was a leap year starting on Wednesday
Leap year starting on Wednesday

This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Wednesday , such as 1992.Common year starting on Tuesday | Common year starting on Friday...
 (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
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Events


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Roman Empire
  • A Roman army
    Roman army

    The Roman Army was employed by the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion....
     of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus
    Germanicus

    Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus . Born in Lugdunum, Gaul , was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. At birth he was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle and received the agnomen Germanicus, by which he is principally known, in 9 BC, when...
     gains a great victory at Idistaviso
    Battle of the Weser River

    The Battle of the Weser River, sometimes known as a first Battle of Minden, was fought in 16 A.D. between Roman legions commanded by Emperor Tiberius' heir and adopted son Julius Caesar Germanicus, and an alliance of Germanic tribes commanded by Arminius....
    , defeating the German war chief Arminius
    Arminius

    Arminius, also known as Armin or Hermann was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
     and capturing his wife Thusnelda
    Thusnelda

    Thusnelda was the daughter of the Cherusci prince Segestes. Her father had intended her for someone else, but Arminius, who subsequently led a coalition of Germanic tribes to victory over Publius Quinctilius Varus and his legions in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., eloped with her and married her instead....
    , and recovering the lost eagles of Varus
    Publius Quinctilius Varus

    Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Ancient Rome politician and general under emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic tribes leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
    ' legions.
  • Noricans
    Noricum

    Noricum, in ancient history geography, was a Celtic kingdom stretching over the area of today's Austria and Slovenia. It became a Roman province of the Roman Empire....
     having joined with the Pannonia
    Pannonia

    Pannonia is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia....
    ns in invading Histria
    Histria

    Histria may refer to one of the following:* Ancient name of Istria* Histria an ancient Greek colony on the western shore of the Black Sea, near the modern village of Istria, Constanta, Romania...
    , are defeated
    Timeline of Slovene history

    This is a timeline of key events in the history of Slovenia, both of the Slovenes and the other ethnicities who once lived or do live on Slovene ethnic territory or in the geographical bounds of Slovenia....
     by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum
    Illyricum

    Illyricum can refer to:* Illyricum * Diocese of Illyricum* Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum...
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By Topic


Arts and Sciences
  • Ovid
    Ovid

    Publius Ovidius Naso was a Roman Empire poet known as Ovid to the English language-speaking world, who wrote about love, seduction, and Roman mythology transformation....
    's "Epistulae ex Ponto
    Epistulae ex Ponto

    Epistulae ex Ponto is a work of Ovid, in four books. It is especially important for our knowledge of Scythia Minor in his time.In 1821, during his exile in Odessa, Alexander Pushkin wrote a belated "response" to the Latin poet, entitled To Ovid....
    " appears.


Births

  • September 16 — Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus
    Germanicus

    Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus . Born in Lugdunum, Gaul , was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. At birth he was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle and received the agnomen Germanicus, by which he is principally known, in 9 BC, when...
     and Agrippina the Elder
    Agrippina the elder

    Vipsania Agrippina or most commonly known as Agrippina Major was a distinguished and prominent Roman Princess that lived between the 1st century BC and 1st century....
     (d. 38
    38

    Year 38 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
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  • September 16 — Samual Yare, druid
    Druid

    A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celts societies of Western Europe, Great Britain and Ireland. They were suppressed by the Ancient Rome and disappeared from the written record by the second century CE....
     of Brittany
    Brittany

    Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
    , assistant to the Roman Emperor 100
    100

    Year 100 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
    126
    126

    Events...
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  • Agrippina the Younger
    Agrippina the Younger

    Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
    , Roman Empress
    Roman Emperor

    The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
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Deaths

  • Possibly Scribonia
    Scribonia

    Scribonia was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo and Cornelia Sulla . Her brother of the same name was consul and died in 34 BC. She was the second wife of Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia the Elder....
    , Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
    Julia the Elder

    Julia the Elder , known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia was the daughter and only natural child of Augustus....