Editing AD 11 (section)

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Germania Inferior]] and the [[Rhine]] are secured by [[Germanicus]].
* Emperor [[Augustus]] abandons his plan to create a defensive border at the [[Elbe]], in order to reinforce the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] defenses along the Rhine and the [[Danube]].
* An edict is issued effecting an empire-wide ban on [[divinatory]] practices, especially [[astrology]]. The edict requires any consultation between a customer and a practitioner to be conducted with at least one third party witness present, and bans inquiry into anyone's death.<ref>Cramer, F. H. "Astrology in Roman Law and Politics" ''Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society'', 37 (1954).</ref>

==== Persia ====
* [[Artabanus II of Parthia|Artabanus II]] becomes ruler of [[Parthia]].

==== India ====
* [[Satakarni]] begins his reign as [[Emperor]] of the [[Andhra Pradesh|Andhra]] Empire (AD 11–[[AD 29|29]]).

==== China ====
* The yellow river experiences a major flood. This flood is credited for the downfall of the short-lived [[Xin dynasty]].<ref name="Treg">Tregear, T. R. (1965) ''A Geography of China'', pp. 218–219.</ref>