AD 15

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st centuryBC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	0sBC 0s 10s 20s 30s
Years:	12 13 14 AD15 16 17 18

AD 15 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 15 XV
Ab urbe condita	768
Assyrian calendar	4765
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−578
Berber calendar	965
Buddhist calendar	559
Burmese calendar	−623
Byzantine calendar	5523–5524
Chinese calendar	Giáp tuấtNiên (WoodDog) 2712 or 2505 — to — Ất hợi niên (WoodPig) 2713 or 2506
Coptic calendar	−269 – −268
Discordian calendar	1181
Ethiopian calendar	7–8
Hebrew calendar	3775–3776
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	71–72
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	3115–3116
Holocene calendar	10015
Iranian calendar	607 BP – 606 BP
Islamic calendar	626 BH – 625 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 15 XV
Korean calendar	2348
Minguo calendar	1897 beforeROC Dân tiền 1897 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1453
Seleucid era	326/327AG
Thai solar calendar	557–558
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc cẩu niên (male Wood-Dog) 141 or −240 or −1012 — to — Âm mộc trư niên (female Wood-Pig) 142 or −239 or −1011

Bust ofGermanicus(15 BC – AD 19)

AD 15(XV) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of theConsulshipofCaesarandFlaccus(or, less frequently,year 768Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 15 for this year has been used since the earlymedieval period,when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method inEuropefor naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Early (approx.) –Emona(on the site of modern-dayLjubljana) is founded byLegio XV Apollinaris.
• May– As part of his campaign against theGermanic peoples,GermanicuscapturesThusnelda,wife ofArminius.
• Summer – Germanicus launches a two-pronged attack fromVeteraandMoguntiacum.On his return journey, he recaptures theaquilaofLegio XIXand visits thebattlefield of the Teutoburg Forest.Germanicus arranges the burial for the remains ofVarus' army.
• Varna(Odessus), on theBulgarian Black Sea Coast,is annexed to theRoman provinceofMoesia.
• InRome,the election ofmagistratespasses from the people to theEmperorand theSenate.
• The riverTiberfloods parts of Rome.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Nicolaus of Damascuswrites a biography of the EmperorAugustus(Bios Kaisaros).

Births

• September 24–Vitellius,Roman emperor (d.AD 69)
• November 6–Agrippina the Younger,Roman empress (d.AD 59)
• Apollonius of Tyana,Greek philosopher (d. c.AD 97)
• Ennia Thrasylla,Roman noblewoman (d.AD 38)
• Lollia Paulina,Roman empress (d.AD 49)
• Lucius Verginius Rufus,Roman consul (d.AD 97)

Deaths

• Lucius Seius Strabo,Romanpraetorian prefect(b.46 BC)