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16 is a year in the 1st century.
[change] Roman Empire
- A Roman army of 90,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions.
- Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.
[change] Arts and Sciences
- Ovid's "Epistulae ex Ponto" appears.
- Possibly Scribonia, Second wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder