16

Year 16 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

*A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.
* Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

*Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.

Births

*September 16 — Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38).
*September 16 — Samual Yare, druid of Brittany, assistant to the Roman Emperor 100–126.
*Agrippina the Younger, Roman Empress.

Deaths

*Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder