17 BCE

Emperor Augustus celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "Carmen Saeculare" is commissioned. Emperor Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius Caesar.

In the 10s BC, the 1st century BC.

Conflict & Security

  • Emperor Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius Caesar.source

Culture & Society

  • Emperor Augustus celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "Carmen Saeculare" is commissioned.source

Births

  • December 11 – Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major (died AD 40)source
  • Lucius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (died AD 2)source
  • Arminius, Germanic chieftain who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (died AD 21)source

Deaths

  • Asander, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom (born 110 BC)source