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• Claudius
  Claudius
  
  Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
   marries Plautia Urgulanilla
  Plautia Urgulanilla
  
  Plautia Urgulanilla was the first wife of the future Roman Emperor Claudius. They married sometime around the year 9 Common Era, when Claudius was 18 years old....
   following the death of Livia Medullina
  Livia Medullina
  
  Livia Medullina Camilla was the second fiancee of the future emperor Claudius. She was the daughter of M. Furius Camillus , the consul of 8, who was a close friend of the emperor Tiberius....
  .
• Illyria
  Illyria
  
  'Illyria' was in Classical antiquity a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula, inhabited by tribes of Illyrians, an ancient people who spoke the Illyrian languages....
   is turned into a province after a revolt is defeated.
• The Rhine River is established as the boundary between the Latin
  Latin
  
  Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
   and German
  German language
  
  German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
   speaking worlds, following the defeat of the 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....
  , under the command 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....
  , at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  
  The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest took place in 9 A.D. when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius, the son of Segimer of the Cherusci, ambushed and destroyed three Roman Empire Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus....
  .
• Legio II Augusta, XX Valeria Victrix
  Legio XX Valeria Victrix
  
  Legio vigesima Valeria Victrix was a Roman legion, probably raised by Augustus some time after 31 BC. It served in Hispania, Illyricum, and Germania before participating in the invasion of Britannia in 43 AD, where it remained and was active until at least the beginning of the 4th century....
  , and XIII Gemina
  Legio XIII Gemina
  
  Legio decima tertia Gemina , is one of the more historically remarkable Roman legions. It was one of Julius Caesar's key units in Gaul, and in the Roman Republican civil wars, and was the legion with which he famously crossing the Rubicon on January 10, 49 BC....
   move to Germany to replace Legio XIX
  Legio XIX
  
  Legio undevigesima was a Roman legion levied in 41 BC or 40 BC by Augustus. It was destroyed in 9 in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The emblem of the XIXth legion is unknown, but probably was the Capricorn as other legions levied by Augustus....
   and the others destroyed at Teutoburg.
• 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....
   is banished to Tomis.
• 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....
   (modern-day Hungary
  Hungary
  
  Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
  ) submits to Roman rule.
• In order to increase the number of marriages, and ultimately the population, the Lex Papia Poppaea
  Lex Papia Poppaea
  
  The Lex Papia Poppaea was a Roman law introduced in AD 9 to encourage and strengthen marriage. It included provisions against adultery and celibacy and complemented and supplemented Augustus' Lex Julia de Maritandis Ordinibus of 18 BC and the Lex Iulia de Adulteriis Coercendis of 17 BC....
   is adopted in Rome. This law prohibits celibacy and childless relationships.
• Roman finance
  Roman finance
  
  For centuries the monetary affairs of the Roman Republic had rested in the hands of the Roman Senate. These elite liked to present themselves as steady and fiscally conservative, but as the 19th-century historian of Rome Wilhelm Ihne remarked:...
  s become strained following the Danubian insurrection and 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....
  ' defeat in Germany, where three Roman legions were destroyed. This results in the levying of two new taxes: five percent of inheritances, and one percent on sales.
• The Catuvellauni
  Catuvellauni
  
  The Catuvellauni were a Celtic/Belgae tribe or state of south-eastern Prehistoric Britain before the Roman conquest of Britain.The fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their kings before the conquest can be traced through numismatic evidence and scattered references in classical histories....
   attack the Trinovantes
  Trinovantes
  
  The Trinovantes or Trinobantes were one of the Celtic tribes that lived in pre-Roman Britain. Their territory was on the north side of the Thames estuary in current Essex, England and Suffolk, and included lands now located in Greater London....
   and capture Camulodunum
  Camulodunum
  
  Camulodunum is the Ancient Rome name for the ancient settlement which is today's Colchester, a town in Essex, England. Camulodunum is the Oldest town in Britain in England as recorded by the Romans, existing as a Celtic settlement before the Ancient Rome conquest, when it became the first Roman town, and eventually a settlement of discharged...
  .

Asia

• Empress Wang (Ping)
  Empress Wang (Ping)
  
  Empress Wang , formally Empress Xiaoping , formally during her father Wang Mang's Xin Dynasty Duchess Dowager of Ding'an then Princess Huanghuang was an empress#China during Han Dynasty -- the very last of the Western Han Dynasty -- who was the daughter of the eventual usurper Wang Mang....
   is given the title of Duchess Dowager of Ding'an, while Emperor Ruzi of Han, the former Emperor of Han becomes the Duke of Ding'an. Ruzi Ying is placed under house arrest.
• Lui Kuai, Marquess of Zuziang, attacks the Dukedom of Fuchong under his brother Liu Ying. Lui Kuai is defeated and killed in the ensuing battle.
• Wang Mang
  Wang Mang
  
  Wang Mang , courtesy name Jujun , was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty Dynasty , ruling AD 9?23....
   founds the short-lived Xin Dynasty
  Xin Dynasty
  
  The Xin Dynasty was a China dynasty which lasted from 9-23 AD. It followed the Western Han Dynasty and preceded the Eastern Han Dynasty.The sole emperor of the Xin Dynasty, Wang Mang , was the nephew of Empress Wang Zhengjun....
   in China (until 25
  25
  
  Year 25 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar....
  ). Wang Mang names his wife Empress Wang (Xin Dynasty)
  Empress Wang (Xin Dynasty)
  
  Empress Wang , formally Empress Xiaomu was an empress#China during Xin Dynasty.Lady Wang married her husband, the eventual Xin emperor Wang Mang while he was still a commoner ....
   and his son Wang Lin Crown Prince
  Crown Prince
  
  A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
   and heir to the throne.

Literature

• 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....
   completes Ibis
  Ibis (Ovid)
  
  Ibis is a single extant poem written in elegiac couplets by the Roman poet Ovid. In its entirety it is a vitriolic attack on a person unknown and unnamed....
   (single poem).

Births

• November 17 — Vespasian
  Vespasian
  
  Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
  , Roman emperor
  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....
   (d. 79
  79
  
  Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
  )

Deaths

• Publius Quinctilius 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....
  , Roman general, at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  
  The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest took place in 9 A.D. when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius, the son of Segimer of the Cherusci, ambushed and destroyed three Roman Empire Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus....
  , said to have committed suicide.