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AD 14

AD 14 (XIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Appuleius (or, less frequently, year 767 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 14 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.

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Roman Empire

  • August 19 – Augustus, the first Roman emperor, dies and is declared to be a god.
  • September 18 – Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor.
  • Legions on the Rhine revolt after the death of Augustus; Germanicus puts down the revolt.
  • Germanicus is appointed commander of the forces in Germany, beginning a campaign that will end in 16.
  • Germanicus leads a brutal raid against the Marsi, a German tribe on the upper Ruhr river, who are massacred.
  • The town and port of Nauportus are plundered by a mutinous Roman legion that was sent there to build roads and bridges.
  • Sextus Appuleius and Sextus Pompeius serve as Roman consuls.
  • A census indicates that there are 4,973,000 citizens of the Roman Empire.

    • Asia

  • First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
  • Famine hits China; some citizens turn to cannibalism.

    • Art

  • The Hellenistic period ends, according to some scholars (usual date 31 BC).

    • Births

  • Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeian banker (d. 62 AD)

    • Deaths

  • August 19 – Roman Emperor Augustus (b. 63 BC)
  • August 20 – Agrippa Postumus, grandson of Roman Emperor Augustus (b. 12 BC)
  • Julia the Elder, daughter of Roman Emperor Augustus (b. 39 BC)

    • References

    AD 14 Wikipedia
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