Year 15 (XV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• Emona (currently Ljubljana) is founded by Legio XV Apollinaris.
• Germanicus fights a drawn battle with Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest.
• Legio XXI Rapax is stationed in Regensburg.
• In Rome, the selection of civil servants passes from the people to the Emperor and the Senate.
• Valerius Gratus is appointed Prefect of Iudaea.

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[edit] Arts and sciences

• Biography of Augustus by Nicholas of Damascus is published.

[edit] Births

• September 24—Vitellius, Roman Emperor.
• November 6—Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (or possibly 16) (died 59).

[edit] Deaths

• Lucius Seius Strabo, Praetorian prefect. His son, Sejanus, succeeds him.

[edit] Notes and references