10s

The 10s decade ran from January 1, AD 10, to December 31, AD 19.

In Europe, the decade saw the end of the Early Imperial campaigns in Germania when Roman forces led by Germanicus defeated Germanic tribes in the Battle of Idistaviso in 16 AD. In the subsequent year, a war broke out between Maroboduus and Arminius. In Africa, Tacfarinas led his own Musulamii tribe and a loose and changing coalition of other Berber tribes in a war against the Romans in North Africa during the rule of the emperor Tiberius (AD 14–37). The Armenian Artaxiad dynasty was overthrown by the Romans. In China, the Red Eyebrows Rebellion erupted against Wang Mang, emperor of the Xin dynasty. In Korea, Daeso, the ruler of the kingdom of Dongbuyeo, led his armies into Goguryeo once again. This time, Muhyul, a prince of Goguryeo, led the armies of Goguryeo in a well-planned ambush and slaughtered all of Daeso's army. Only he and a few of his men escaped home.

Literary works from the 10s include works from the ancient Roman poet Ovid, Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, while Nicolaus of Damascus wrote a biography of Emperor Augustus (Bios Kaisaros).

In the Roman Empire, an edict was issued effecting an empire-wide ban on divinatory practices especially astrology. The edict requires any consultation between a customer and a practitioner to be conducted with at least one third party witness present and bans inquiry into anyone's death. A large earthquake caused the destruction of at least twelve cities in the region of Lydia in the Roman province of Asia in Asia Minor.

Events

By place

Roman Empire
  • Differentiation of localized Teutonic tribes of the Irminones.
  • Senatus consultum Silanianum is adopted.
Central Asia
China
Judea

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Arts

By place

Roman Empire
  • Germania Inferior and the Rhine are secured by Germanicus.
  • Emperor Augustus abandons his plan to create a defensive border at the Elbe, in order to reinforce the Roman defenses along the Rhine and the Danube.
  • An edict is issued effecting an empire-wide ban on divinatory practices, especially astrology. The edict requires any consultation between a customer and a practitioner to be conducted with at least one third party witness present, and bans inquiry into anyone's death.
Persia
India

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Roman Empire

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Arts and sciences
  • Ovid stops writing Fasti because of the lack of resources (being far from the libraries of Rome). He completes 6 books that detail festivals found in the Roman Calendar.[citation needed]

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Roman Empire
China
  • Last year (3rd) of Shijianguo era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
  • Considered the lucky number of those from the Chinese Xin Dynasty.[clarification needed]

By topic

Arts and sciences

By place

Roman Empire
  • Augustus' third (and final) 20-year census of the Roman Empire reports a total of 4,973,000 citizens.
  • August 19Augustus, the first Roman emperor, dies and is declared to be a god.
  • September 18Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor.
  • Legions on the Rhine mutiny after the death of Augustus; Germanicus restores discipline amongst the legions.
  • Germanicus is appointed commander of the forces in Germany, beginning a campaign that will end in 16.
  • Germanicus leads a brutal raid against the Marsi, a German tribe on the upper Ruhr river, who are massacred.
  • The town and port of Nauportus are plundered by a mutinous Roman legion that was sent there to build roads and bridges.
  • Sextus Appuleius and Sextus Pompeius serve as Roman consuls.
China

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Art

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Roman Empire

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Arts and sciences

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Roman Empire

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Arts and sciences

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Roman Empire
Europe
Africa
Judea
Asia Minor

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Roman Empire
Syria
Parthia
China
  • After a flooding of the Yellow River in China, farmers are forced to rebel. Emperor Wang Mang reacts by sending an army (some 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels. The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it will become impossible to tell friend from foe, order that their men color their eyebrows red – and this is where the name Chimei ("The Red Eyebrows") comes from.
Korea
India

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Roman Empire
Parthia
Asia

Significant people

Births

AD 10

AD 12

AD 13

AD 14

AD 15

AD 16

AD 18

AD 19

Deaths

AD 10

AD 11

AD 12

AD 13

AD 14

AD 15

AD 16

AD 17

AD 18

AD 19


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