15 BC
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In the year 15 bce
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.
ToolsThe 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 | |
| Gregorian calendar | 15 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 739 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4736 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1858–-1857 |
| Bengali calendar | -607 |
| Berber calendar | 936 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| 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 | 42–43 |
| - 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 |
| Minguo calendar | 1926 before ROC 民前1926年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 529 |
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Year 15 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Drusus and Piso (or, less frequently, year 739 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 15 BC 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
- Augsburg is founded as Augusta Vindelicorum, and becomes the capital of Rhaetia Prima.
- Chur (Switzerland) becomes the capital of the Roman province Rhaetia.
- Marcus Livius Drusus Libo and Lucius Calpurnius Piso are Roman Consuls.
- Nero Claudius Drusus decides to improve the passage through the Alps for military control to Noricum and Rhaetia (modern Austria). He builds the Via Claudia Augusta through Italy.
- Vienna becomes a frontier city (Vindobona) guarding the Roman Empire against the German tribes.
- Roman triremes on Lake Constance destroy fleet of the Vindelici during Rhaetia campaign.
Births
Deaths
- Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul 42 BC (b. c. 87 BC)
- Vedius Pollio, equestrian friend of Augustus
References
- ^ Hurley, Donna (28 November 2004). "Roman Emperors - DIR Germanicus". Archived from the original on 07 July 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100707043853/http://www.roman-emperors.org/germanicus.htm. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
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