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17 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Rufus

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Events

Roman Empire

  • Germanicus leads military campaigns in the East.
  • Cappadocia (in Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.
  • Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.
  • The book Ab Urbe condita ("History of Rome Since its Foundation") is published in 142 volumes. Livy was the author.

Europe

Asia Minor

Deaths

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