15 BC
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
Decades: | 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC – 10s BC – 0s BC 0s 10s |
Years: | 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC – 15 BC – 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC |
Gregorian calendar | 15 BC XIV BC |
Ab urbe condita | 739 |
Ancient Greek era | 191st Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4736 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −607 |
Berber calendar | 936 |
Buddhist calendar | 530 |
Burmese calendar | −652 |
Byzantine calendar | 5494–5495 |
Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2682 or 2622 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2683 or 2623 |
Coptic calendar | −298 – −297 |
Discordian calendar | 1152 |
Ethiopian calendar | −22 – −21 |
Hebrew calendar | 3746–3747 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 42–43 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3086–3087 |
Holocene calendar | 9986 |
Iranian calendar | 636 BP – 635 BP |
Islamic calendar | 656 BH – 655 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | 15 BC XIV BC |
Korean calendar | 2319 |
Minguo calendar | 1926 before ROC 民前1926年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1482 |
Seleucid era | 297/298 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 528–529 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 112 or −269 or −1041 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 113 or −268 or −1040 |
Year 15 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Drusus and Piso.
Events
[change | change source]- Roman province of Raetia is started (in modern-day Switzerland). Chur is the capital.
- Drusus builds the Via Claudia Augusta through Italy
- Vienna becomes a frontier city (Vindobona) guarding the Roman Empire against the Germanic peoples
Births
[change | change source]- for more information, see Category:15 BC births.
- Germanicus, Roman general (d. AD 19)
- Phaedrus, Roman fabulist (d. AD 50)
Deaths
[change | change source]- Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul (b. c. 87 BC)
- Vedius Pollio, equestrian friend of Augustus