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'''AD 12''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Germanicus|Caesar]] and [[Gaius Ateius Capito (jurist)|Capito]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 765 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 12 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 ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Annius Rufus]] is appointed [[Prefect]] of [[Judea]].
* [[Augustus]] orders a major invasion of Germany beyond the [[Rhine]].
* [[Quirinius]] returns from [[Judea]] to become a [[counsel]]or to [[Tiberius]].
* The [[Armenia]]n [[Artaxiad dynasty]] is overthrown by the Romans.

=== By topic ===

==== Arts and sciences ====
* [[Ovid]] stops writing ''[[Fasti (poem)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/28436/chapter/228938422 | title=The Fasti|access-date=2023-01-23 |website=academic.oup.com}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Mark the Evangelist]], Christian evangelist, martyr, known for [[Gospel of Mark|The Gospel of Mark]] (approximate date) (d. [[68 AD]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Caligula]], [[Roman emperor]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Varner|first=Eric R.|title=Mutilation and transformation: damnatio memoriae and Roman imperial portraiture|url=https://archive.org/details/mutilationtransf00varn|url-access=limited|year=2004|publisher=Brill|page=[https://archive.org/details/mutilationtransf00varn/page/n31 21]|isbn=978-90-04-13577-2}}</ref> (d. [[41 AD]])

== Deaths ==
*[[Rhoemetalces I]] – king of the [[Odrysian kingdom]] of [[Thrace]] from 12 BC to 12 AD

== References ==
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