14

Year 14 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

*Tacitus reports that the town and port of Nauportus has been plundered by a mutinous Roman legion that was sent there to build roads and bridges.
*Augustus dies and is declared to be a god.
*Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Emperor of the Roman Empire.
*Legions on the Rhine revolt after the death of Augustus; Germanicus and Drusus put down the revolt.
*Germanicus is appointed commander of the forces in Germany, beginning a campaign that will end in 16.
*A census indicates that there are 4,973,000 Roman citizens.
*Claudia Marcella marries Sextus Appuleius.
*Sextus Appuleius and Sextus Pompeius serve as Roman consuls.

Asia

*First year of "tianfeng" era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
*Famine hits China. Some citizens turn to cannibalism.

By Topic

Art

*Hellenistic period ends, by some scholars (usual date 31 BC).

Births

*Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeian banker

Deaths

*August 19 — Roman Emperor Augustus.
*Julia the Elder, daughter of Roman Emperor Augustus.
*Postumus Agrippa, grandson of Roman Emperor Augustus.