15

Year 15 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

*Emona (currently Ljubljana) is founded by Legio XV Apollinaris.
*Germanicus fights a drawn battle with Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest.
*Legio XXI "Rapax" is stationed in Regensburg.
*In Rome, the selection of civil servants passes from the people to the Emperor and the Senate.
*Valerius Gratus is appointed Prefect of Iudaea.

By topic

Arts and Sciences

* Biography of Augustus by Nicholas of Damascus is published.

Births

* September 24 — Vitellius, Roman Emperor.
* November 6 — Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (or possibly 16) (died 59).

Deaths

*Lucius Seius Strabo, Praetorian prefect. His son, Sejanus, succeeds him.