The world in 18 AD — what happened that year

6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

West Asia (2)

• He accompanied his father on the Syrian campaign. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Caligula 10)
• Germanicus settles the Armenian affairs and installs a new king at Artaxata (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 2.56)

Southern Europe (3)

• Germanicus takes up his second consulship at Nicopolis in Achaea (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 2.53)
• Via Euboea, they cross to Lesbos, where Agrippina gives birth to Julia (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 2.54)
• Piso enters Athens noisily, threatening the citizens and accusing Germanicus (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 2.55)

Western Europe (1)

• Maroboduus crosses the Danube near Noricum and writes to Tiberius (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 2.63)

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