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Events

Tiberius deposes Antiochus III of Kommagene and appoints Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso governor of Syria (Roman province)|Syria.

Legio II Augusta|Legio II ''Augusta'' is assigned to Strasbourg.

The city of Sardis is destroyed by earthquake.

Germanicus of Rome celebrated a victory over the Germanic tribes.

Births

References

In the film Three Days of the Condor, the title character played by Robert Redford works in section 17 of the CIA.

Deaths

Ovid, Roman poet (or 18)

Livy, Roman historian

Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author