15

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

 Events 
Valerius Gratus is appointed Prefect of Iudaea.
The town of Emona is founded. It is now called Ljubljana.
Legio XXI Rapax is stationed in Regensburg.
Germanicus fought a drawn battle with Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest
In Rome, the selection of civil servants passes from the people to the Emperor and the Senate.
Biography of Augustus by Nicholas of Damascus published.

 Births 
 September 24 – Vitellius, Roman Emperor.
 November 6 – Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (or possibly 16) (+ 59)

 Deaths 
Sejus Strabo, Praetorian prefect. His son, Sejanus, succeeds him. > 31

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