12

Year 12 (XII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

*Annius Rufus is appointed Prefect of Judea.
*Augustus orders a major invasion of Germany beyond the Rhine.
*Germanicus and Gaius Fonteius Capito become Roman Consuls.
*Quirinius returns from Judea to become a counselor to Tiberius.
*The Armenian Artaxiad Dynasty is overthrown by the Romans.

By topic

Arts and Sciences

*Ovid stops writing Fasti because of the lack of resources (being far from the libraries of Rome). He completes 6 books that detail festivals found in the Roman Calendar.

Births

*August 31 — Caligula, Roman Emperor

Deaths

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