15 BC

Construction

About this time Emperor Augustus [ b. September 23, 63 bce, d. 14 ce] sets a limit of about 21 m (70 ft) on the height of buildings in Rome. See also 100 bce Construction; 100 ce Construction.

The Dictionary of Local Expressions by Yang Hsiung [b. 53 bce, d. 18 ce] indicates that the Chinese have invented the belt drive, which will not be known in Europe until 1430.

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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	40s BC  30s BC  20s BC  – 10s BC –  0s BC  0s  10s
Years:	18 BC 17 BC 16 BC – 15 BC – 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC

15 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e

15 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	15 BC
Ab urbe condita	739
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1858 – -1857
Bengali calendar	-607
Berber calendar	936
Buddhist calendar	530
Burmese calendar	-652
Byzantine calendar	5494 – 5495
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (2622/2682) — to — 丙午年 (2623/2683)
Coptic calendar	-298 – -297
Ethiopian calendar	-22 – -21
Hebrew calendar	3746 – 3747
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	41 – 42
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3087 – 3088
Holocene calendar	9986
Iranian calendar	636 BP – 635 BP
Islamic calendar	656 BH – 655 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2319
Thai solar calendar	529
v • d • e

Year 15 BC was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

• Vienna becomes a frontier city guarding the Roman Empire against the German tribes to the north.
• Chur becomes capital of Roman Rhaetia Prima.
• Augsburg was founded as Augusta Vindelicorum, it also became capital of Roman Rhaetia.

Births

• Germanicus, Roman general (d. 19)

Deaths

• Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul 42 BC (b. c. 87 BC)
• Vedius Pollio, equestrian friend of Augustus

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