17

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Year '17' was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

Europe

Asia Minor

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

★ Germanicus leads military campaigns in the East.

★ Cappadocia (in Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.

★ Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.

Europe

★ Beginning of a civil war in Germania.

Asia Minor

★ An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

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

Births

Deaths

★ Ovid, Roman poet (or 18)

★ Livy, Roman historian

★ Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author