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'''AD 18''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Tiberius|Augustus]] and [[Germanicus|Caesar]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 771 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 18 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 ''[[vexillatio]]'' (sub-unit or detachment) of [[Legio III Augusta|Legio III ''Augusta'']] is destroyed by an ambush in [[Africa Province|Africa]].

==== Syria ====
* Winter &ndash; Germanicus Caesar arrives in [[Syria (Roman Province)|Syria]], as new commander-in-chief for the [[Roman Empire|Roman East]].
* [[Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 7 BC)|Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso]], governor of Syria, ignores the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based [[Roman legion|legions]], including [[Legio VI Ferrata]] and [[Legio X Fretensis]], to [[Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity)|Armenia]] to back him in his planned [[coronation]] of [[Artaxias III]].

==== Parthia ====
* Germanicus concludes a [[peace treaty]] with [[Artabanus II of Parthia]], in which he is recognized as king and friend of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].

==== China ====
* After a flooding of the [[Yellow River]] in China, farmers are forced to rebel. Emperor [[Wang Mang]] reacts by sending an army (some 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels. The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it will become impossible to tell friend from foe, order that their men color their eyebrows red &ndash; and this is where the name [[Chimei]] ("The Red Eyebrows") comes from.

==== Korea ====
* [[Daemusin of Goguryeo|Daemusin]] becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of [[Goguryeo]].<ref name=met>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>

==== India ====
* In [[India]], the [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom|Indo-Parthians]] control [[Taxila]].

== Births ==
* [[Julia Livilla]], daughter of [[Germanicus]] and [[Agrippina the Elder]] (approximate date) (d. [[AD 41]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Crinagoras of Mytilene|Crinagoras]], Greek [[epigram]]matist (b. [[70 BC]])
* [[Herod Archelaus]], Jewish ruler (''[[ethnarch]]'') (b. [[23 BC]])
* [[Mother Lü]], rebel leader against the Xin dynasty
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], Roman poet (or [[AD 17]])
* [[Yang Xiong (author)|Yang Xiong]], Chinese philosopher (b. [[53 BC]])
* [[Yuri of Goguryeo|Yuri]], Korean ruler of [[Goguryeo]]<ref name=met />

== References ==
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