The world in 15 AD — what happened that year
9 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
Southern Europe (1)
Western Europe (8)
- Germanicus entrusts four legions to Caecina and marches with an equal force himself (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.56)
- Envoys of Segestes ask for help against a siege by their own kinsmen (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.57)
- A speech draws in not only the Cherusci but neighboring tribes, and Inguiomerus as well (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.60)
- Germanicus wishes to pay his respects at the last site of Varus's legions (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.61)
- Six years after the disaster, they begin to bury the bones of three legions (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.62)
- Germanicus pursues Arminius, who withdraws into places without roads (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.63)
- The barbarians break through the outposts and attack, harassing the engineers (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.64)
- Agrippina prevents the destruction of the bridge over the Rhine (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 1.69)
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