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Year 15 (XV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (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 Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 768 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 15 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

• Emona (currently Ljubljana) is founded by Legio XV Apollinaris.
• Germanicus fights a drawn battle with Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest.
• Germanicus captures Thusnelda, the wife of Arminius.^[1]
• Legio XXI Rapax is stationed in Regensburg.
• In Rome, the selection of civil servants passes from the people to the Emperor and the Senate.
• Valerius Gratus is appointed Prefect of Iudaea.
• The river Tiber floods parts of Rome.^[2]

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Biography of Augustus by Nicholas of Damascus is published.

Births

• September 24 – Vitellius, Roman Emperor
• November 6 – Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (or possibly 16) (d. 59)

Deaths

• Lucius Seius Strabo, Praetorian prefect

References