18

Year 18 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

*Tiberius and Germanicus are Roman Consuls.
*A "vexillatio" (sub-unit) of Legio III "Augusta" is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.
*The German chieftain Arminius destroys the kingdom of the Marcomanni.

Asia

*In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.

Births

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Deaths

* Ovid, Roman poet (or 17)
* Yang Xiong, Chinese philosopher, poet, and author (b. 53 BC)