What happened in 16 BC?
3 recorded events in 16 BC, including 2 in people and 1 in wars & conflicts. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Clades Lolliana
16 BCE battle
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People 2
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Propertius died
1st century BC Roman elegiac poet
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Aemilius Macer died
Roman poet
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 16 BC is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 16 BC.
10s BC 1
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Tibullus died
Roman poet and writer of elegies (c. 55 BC - 19 BC)
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 16 BC.
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King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo died
Founder of the Goguryeo Empire (37–19 BC)
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Virgil died
Roman poet (1st century BC)
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Indo-Parthian kingdom founded
Indo-Parthian kingdom was founded, with its capital at Taxila.
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Baekje founded
Baekje was founded, with its capital at Wiryeseong.
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Potitus Valerius Messalla died
Roman suffect consul 29 BC
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Lucius Caesar born
Born in Ancient Rome. Grandson of emperor Augustus (17 BC - AD 2).
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Vitruvius died
Roman architect and engineer
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Lucius Munatius Plancus died
Roman politician and soldier (87–15 BC)
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Philo of Alexandria born
Born in Alexandria. Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria (c. 20 BCE-c. 50 CE).
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Lucius Varius Rufus died
Roman poet
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Lepidus died
Member of the Second Triumvirate of Rome
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Paullus Aemilius Lepidus died
Roman consul 34 BC
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