18 CE
Winter – Germanicus Caesar arrives in Syria, as new commander-in-chief for the Roman East. Germanicus concludes a peace treaty with Artabanus II of Parthia, in which he is recognized as king and friend of Rome. Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria, ignores the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based legions, including Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis, to Armenia to back him in his planned coronation of Artaxias III.
In the 10s, the 1st century.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Germanicus concludes a peace treaty with Artabanus II of Parthia, in which he is recognized as king and friend of Rome.source
Conflict & Security
- Daemusin becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.source
- Winter – Germanicus Caesar arrives in Syria, as new commander-in-chief for the Roman East.source
- A vexillatio (sub-unit or detachment) of Legio III Augusta is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.source
- Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria, ignores the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based legions, including Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis, to Armenia to back him in his planned coronation of Artaxias III.source
Crime & Justice
- In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.source
Climate & Environment
- After a flooding of the Yellow River in China, farmers are forced to rebel. Emperor Wang Mang reacts by sending an army (some 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels. The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it will become impossible to tell friend from foe, order that their men color their eyebrows red – and this is where the name Chimei ("The Red Eyebrows") comes from.source
Births
- Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (approximate date) (died AD 41)source