Editing 16 BC

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[[File:Maison Carree in Nimes (16).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|West side of the [[Maison Carrée]] in [[Nîmes]]]]
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Year '''16 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Monday]], [[Common year starting on Tuesday|Tuesday]] or [[Common year starting on Wednesday|Wednesday]] or a [[leap year starting on Monday]] or [[Leap year starting on Tuesday|Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ, see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|leap year error]] for further information) and a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Proleptic Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Scipio''' (or, less frequently, '''year 738 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 16 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* The [[Norican]]s having joined with the [[Pannonia]]ns in invading [[Istria#Early history|Histria]], are defeated by [[Publius Silius Nerva]], proconsul of [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]].
* [[Braga]], Portugal is founded.
* [[Noricum]] is incorporated into the [[Roman Empire]].
* [[Augustus|Caesar Augustus]] reorganizes the German provinces, making [[Trier]] their capital.
* [[Clades Lolliana]]: [[Roman consul]] [[Marcus Lollius]] is defeated by a [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] horde.
* Construction of the [[Roman temple]] of [[Maison Carrée]] at [[Nîmes]] in [[Gallia Narbonensis]] (approximate date).</onlyinclude>

== Births ==

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== Deaths ==
* [[Aemilius Macer]], Roman [[Didacticism|didactic]] poet and writer
* [[Scribonius (Bosporan usurper)|Scribonius]], Roman client king of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]]
* [[Empress Wang (Xuan)|Wang]], Chinese empress of the [[Western Han dynasty]]

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