Year 17 (XVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• Germanicus leads military campaigns in the East.
• Cappadocia (in Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.
• Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.

[edit] Europe

• Beginning of a civil war in Germania.

[edit] Asia Minor

• An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis.

[edit] By topic

[edit] Arts and sciences

• Publication of the Ab Urbe condita ("History of Rome Since its Foundation") in 142 volumes by Livy.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Ovid, Roman poet (or 18)
• Livy, Roman historian
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author

[edit] Notes and references