Year 18 (XVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• Tiberius and Germanicus are Roman Consuls.
• A vexillatio (sub-unit) of Legio III Augusta is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.
• The German chieftain Arminius destroys the kingdom of the Marcomanni.

[edit] Asia

• In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Ovid, Roman poet (or 17)
• Yang Xiong, Chinese philosopher, poet, and author (b. 53 BC)

[edit] Notes and references