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'''AD 16''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Sisenna Statilius Taurus|Taurus]] and [[Lucius Scribonius Libo#L. Scribonius Libo (consul 16 AD)|Libo]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 769 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 16 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 ====
* A [[Roman army]] of 50,000 men commanded by [[Germanicus]] gains a great victory at [[Battle of the Weser River|Idistaviso]], defeating the German war chief [[Arminius]], and recovering the lost eagles of [[Publius Quinctilius Varus|Varus]]' legions.<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 2#21|2.21]]</ref>
* Germanicus employs the North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the [[Rhine|Rhine Delta]], aboard circa 1,000 ships. He defeats the [[Germanic peoples|Germans]] at the [[Amisius]] river estuary and the [[Weser]], but during its return, the [[Roman navy|Roman fleet]] is partially destroyed by [[storm]]s.<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 2#24|2.24]]</ref>
* [[Vonones I of Parthia|Vonones]], the beleaguered king of [[Roman Armenia|Armenia]], is summoned to [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria]], by Roman governor [[Creticus Silanus]].<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 2#4|2.4]]</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Arts and sciences ====
* [[Ovid]]'s "[[Epistulae ex Ponto]]" appears.

== Births ==
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Julia Drusilla]], daughter of [[Germanicus]] and [[Agrippina the Elder]] (d. [[AD 38]])
* [[Claudius Drusus]], son of [[Claudius]] and [[Plautia Urgulanilla]] (approximate date)
* [[Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus]], Roman consul (d. [[AD 64]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Marcus Scribonius Libo]], Roman senator (forced to commit suicide)
* [[Clemens (impostor)|Clemens]], Roman slave and impostor (executed by [[Tiberius]]) <ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 2#40|2.40]]</ref>
* [[Scribonia (wife of Octavian)|Scribonia]], second wife of [[Caesar Augustus]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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