AD 13
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Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic AD 13 (XIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silius and Plancus (or, less frequently, year 766 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 13 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Roman Empire
[edit | edit source]- Emperor Augustus initiates his third census of the Roman Empire after 20 years.[1]
- Abgarus of Edessa is reinstalled as king of Osroene.
- The Senate passes a senatus consultum restricting the reduced Vigintisexviri to the Ordo Equester.
China
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Arts and sciences
[edit | edit source]- Strabo publishes his book on the shape of the Earth.
- Ovid publishes books 1-3 of his Epistulae ex Ponto.[2]
Births
[edit | edit source]- Casperius Aelianus, Roman praetorian prefect (d. AD 98)
- Gaius Silius, Roman politician (d. AD 48)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Quintus Pedius, Roman (deaf) painter (approximate date)
- Wang Zhengjun, Chinese empress (b. 71 BC)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ↑ Ronald Syme, History in Ovid (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978), pp. 40-42