17

Year 17 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

*Germanicus leads military campaigns in the East.
*Cappadocia (in Asia Minor) becomes a Roman province.
*Sejanus becomes Praetorian prefect.

Europe

*Beginning of a civil war in Germania.

Asia Minor

*An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

*Publication of the Ab Urbe condita ("History of Rome Since its Foundation") in 142 volumes by Livy.

Births

Deaths

*Ovid, Roman poet (or 18)
*Livy, Roman historian
*Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author