16 CE

Germanicus employs the North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the Rhine Delta, aboard circa 1,000 ships. He defeats the Germans at the Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return, the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms. A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions. Vonones, the beleaguered king of Armenia, is summoned to Syria, by Roman governor Creticus Silanus.

In the 10s, the 1st century.

Conflict & Security

  • Germanicus employs the North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the Rhine Delta, aboard circa 1,000 ships. He defeats the Germans at the Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return, the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms.source
  • A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.source
  • Vonones, the beleaguered king of Armenia, is summoned to Syria, by Roman governor Creticus Silanus.source

Science & Discovery

  • Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.source

Births

  • September 16 – Julia Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (died AD 38)source
  • Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Roman consul (died AD 64)source
  • Claudius Drusus, son of Claudius and Plautia Urgulanilla (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • September 13 – Marcus Scribonius Libo, Roman senator (forced to commit suicide)source
  • Clemens, Roman slave and impostor (executed by Tiberius)source
  • Scribonia, second wife of Caesar Augustus (approximate date)source