Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Decades: 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC - 0s - 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s

Years: 4 5 6 7 8 - 9 - 10 11 12 13 14

Events

• Wang Mang founds the short-lived Xin Dynasty in China (until A.D. 25).
• Illyria is turned into a province after a revolt has been defeated.
• The Rhine River is established as the boundary between the Latin and German speaking worlds with the Roman defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
• Legio II Augusta, Legio XX Valeria Victrix, and Legio XIII Gemina move to Germany to replace Legio XIX and the others destroyed at Teutoberg.
• The Catuvellauni attack the Trinovantes and capture Camulodunum.
• Ovid is banished to Tomis.

Births

• November 18 - Vespasian, Roman emperor

Deaths

• Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman general, at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, said to have committed suicide