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Year 12 (XII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Capito (or, less frequently, year 765 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 12 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Annius Rufus is appointed Prefect of Judea.
• Augustus orders a major invasion of Germany beyond the Rhine.
• Germanicus and Gaius Fonteius Capito become Roman Consuls.
• Quirinius returns from Judea to become a counselor to Tiberius.
• The Armenian Artaxiad Dynasty is overthrown by the Romans.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Ovid stops writing Fasti because of the lack of resources (being far from the libraries of Rome). He completes 6 books that detail festivals found in the Roman Calendar.

Births

• August 31 – Caligula, Roman Emperor^[1]

Deaths

References