Editing 17 BC

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[[File:Gold coin of Asander as King of the Bosporan Kingdom.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Coin of King [[Asander (Bosporan king)|Asander]] (110 BC–17 BC)]]
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Year '''17 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Sunday]] or [[Common year starting on Monday|Monday]] or a [[leap year starting on Saturday]], [[Leap year starting on Sunday|Sunday]] or [[Leap year starting on Monday|Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ, see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|leap year error]] for further information) and a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Proleptic Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Furnius and Silanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 737 ''Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 17 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 ====
* Emperor [[Augustus]] adopts Gaius and Lucius Caesar. 
* Emperor Augustus celebrates the [[secular games]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], for which [[Horace]]'s hymn the "[[Carmen Saeculare]]" is commissioned.
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== Births ==
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], son of [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC)|Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]] and [[Antonia Major]] (d. [[AD 40]])
* [[Arminius]], Germanic chieftain who defeated the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] at the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] (d. [[AD 21]])
* [[Lucius Caesar]], son of [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]] and [[Julia the Elder]] (d. [[AD 2]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Asander (Bosporan king)|Asander]], Roman client king of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]] (b. [[110 BC]])

== References ==
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