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This article concerns the period 19 BC – 10 BC.

Events

This section is transcluded from 19 BC. (edit | history)

The Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil is published after his death. The Aeneid is an epic poem in 12 books that tells the story of the foundation of Rome from the ashes of Troy.
In Rome, Lucius Cornelius Balbus receives the honor of a triumph on the Forum Romanum, for his victories over the Garamantes in Africa.
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa completes the Aqua Virgo; the aqueduct is 21 km (13 mi) in length and supplies the city of Rome with about 100,000,000 liters of water every day.
The Cantabrians, living on the northernmost coast of Spain, are brought under Roman control. The region is completely subdued until 16 BC.

This section is transcluded from 18 BC. (edit | history)

Onjo becomes the first ruler of the Korean kingdom of Baekje (traditional date).^[2]

This section is transcluded from 17 BC. (edit | history)

Emperor Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius Caesar.
Emperor Augustus celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "Carmen Saeculare" is commissioned.

This section is transcluded from 16 BC. (edit | history)

The Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius Nerva, proconsul of Illyricum.
Braga, Portugal is founded.
Noricum is incorporated into the Roman Empire.
Caesar Augustus reorganizes the German provinces, making Trier their capital.
Clades Lolliana: Roman consul Marcus Lollius is defeated by a Germanic horde.
Construction of the Roman temple of Maison Carrée at Nîmes in Gallia Narbonensis (approximate date).

This section is transcluded from 15 BC. (edit | history)

The Raeti tribes of the Alps are subjugated by Tiberius and Nero Claudius Drusus and the new Roman province of Raetia is established with Chur (in modern-day Switzerland) as its capital. During the campaign, Roman triremes destroy the fleet of the Vindelici in the Battle of Lake Constance. Augsburg is founded as Augusta Vindelicorum; and Legio XXI Rapax is stationed at Regensburg in the new province.
Drusus decides to improve the passage through the Alps for military control of Noricum and Raetia and builds the Via Claudia Augusta through Italy.
Marcus Livius Drusus Libo and Lucius Calpurnius Piso are Roman Consuls.

This section is transcluded from 14 BC. (edit | history)

The Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus fortifies Augusta Vangionum, the modern city of Worms, Germany.
Caesar Augustus makes Beeroth (modern Beirut) a colonia, named Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus.
Winter – The Roman Legio X Fretensis is stationed in Syria, and the legionaries are settled at the ancient city of Beirut.

This section is transcluded from 13 BC. (edit | history)

Tiberius Claudius Nero and Publius Quinctilius Varus are Roman Consuls.
The Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus builds the stronghold of castrum Moguntiacum in the location of the modern-day city of Mainz, Germany.
Drusus is granted governor of Gaul and mobilises a Roman army to beat the Germans back across the Rhine. He travels to the North Sea and pays tribute to the Frisii.
The Ara Pacis Augustae ("Altar of Augustan Peace") is commissioned by the Roman Senate to honor the triumphal return of Emperor Augustus from Hispania and Gaul.
Revolt in Thrace against Roman rule led by Vologases.

This section is transcluded from 12 BC. (edit | history)

King Azes II dies. The rule of the Indo-Scythians crumbles as the Kushans, one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi who live in Bactria expand into India to create a Kushan Empire.