Editing AD 15

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'''AD 15''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Tiberius|Caesar]] and [[Gaius Norbanus Flaccus (consul 15 AD)|Flaccus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 768 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 15 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 ====
* Early (approx.) &ndash; [[Emona]] (on the site of modern-day [[Ljubljana]]) is founded by [[Legio XV Apollinaris]].<ref>According to Balduin Saria in 1938; not supported by later archaeological findings. {{cite journal |url=http://www.ljubljana.si/file/1174311/gl_2012_07_internet.pdf |title=2000 let Emone? Kaj bomo praznovali? |language=sl |trans-title=2000 Years of Emona? What Will We Celebrate? |first=Marjeta |last=Šašel Kos |journal=Ljubljana: glasilo Mestne občine Ljubljana [Ljubljana: The Bulletin of the City Municipality of Ljubljana] |volume=XVII |issue=7 |date=September 2012 |issn=1318-797X |pages=28–29 |access-date=2013-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220082439/http://www.ljubljana.si/file/1174311/gl_2012_07_internet.pdf |archive-date=February 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; As part of his campaign against the [[Germanic peoples]], [[Germanicus]] captures [[Thusnelda]], wife of [[Arminius]].<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|The Annals]]'' [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 1#57|1.57]].</ref>
* Summer &ndash; Germanicus launches a two-pronged  attack from [[Xanten|Vetera]] and [[Mainz|Moguntiacum]]. On his return journey, he recaptures the ''[[Aquila (Roman)|aquila]]'' of [[Legio XIX]] and visits the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|battlefield of the Teutoburg Forest]]. Germanicus arranges the burial for the remains of [[Publius Quinctilius Varus|Varus]]' army.<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 1#62|1.62]]</ref>   
* [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] (''Odessus''), on the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast]], is annexed to the [[Roman province]] of [[Moesia]].
* In [[Rome]], the election of [[Roman magistrate|magistrates]] passes from the people to the [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] and the [[Roman Senate|Senate]].
* The river [[Tiber]] floods parts of Rome.<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 1#76|1.76]].</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Arts and sciences ====
* [[Nicolaus of Damascus]] writes a biography of the Emperor [[Augustus]] (''Bios Kaisaros'').

== Births ==
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Vitellius]], Roman emperor (d. [[AD 69]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Agrippina the Younger]], Roman empress (d. [[AD 59]])
* [[Apollonius of Tyana]], Greek philosopher (d. c. [[AD 97]])
* [[Ennia Thrasylla]], Roman noblewoman (d. [[AD 38]])
* [[Lollia Paulina]], Roman empress (d. [[AD 49]])
* [[Lucius Verginius Rufus]], Roman consul (d. [[AD 97]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Lucius Seius Strabo]], Roman [[praetorian prefect]] (b. [[46 BC]])

== References ==
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