AD 14

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Augustus' third 20-year census of the Roman Empire reports a total of 4,973,000 citizens.
• August 19 - Augustus, the first Roman emperor, dies and is declared to be a god.
• September 18 - Tiberius 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

• First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
• Famine hits China; some citizens turn to cannibalism.

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Art

• The Hellenistic period ends, according to some scholars.

  Births

• Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, Roman banker
• Marcus Junius Silanus, Roman consul

  Deaths

• August 19 - Augustus, Roman emperor
• August 20 - Agrippa Postumus, Augustus
• Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman consul
• Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul
• Parthenius of Nicaea, Greek grammarian
• Paullus Fabius Maximus, Roman consul
• Sempronius Gracchus, Roman nobleman