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List of events that occurred in 16 AD:

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Roman Empire[]

  • A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.
  • Germanicus employs North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the Rhine delta aboard circa 1,000 ships. He defeats the Germans at Amisius river estuary and the Weser, but during its return the Roman fleet is partially destroyed by storms.
  • Vonones, the beleaguered king of Armenia is summoned to Syria by Roman governor, Creticus Silanus.

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Arts and sciences[]

  • Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.
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