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13 BCE

Drusus is granted governor of Gaul and mobilises a Roman army to beat the Germans back across the Rhine. He travels to the North Sea and pays tribute to the Frisii. The Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus builds the stronghold of castrum Moguntiacum in the location of the modern-day city of Mainz, Germany. The Ara Pacis Augustae ("Altar of Augustan Peace") is commissioned by the Roman Senate to honor the triumphal return of Emperor Augustus from Hispania and Gaul.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The Ara Pacis Augustae ("Altar of Augustan Peace") is commissioned by the Roman Senate to honor the triumphal return of Emperor Augustus from Hispania and Gaul.source

Conflict & Security

  • Drusus is granted governor of Gaul and mobilises a Roman army to beat the Germans back across the Rhine. He travels to the North Sea and pays tribute to the Frisii.source
  • Revolt in Thrace against Roman rule led by Vologases.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Tiberius Claudius Nero and Publius Quinctilius Varus are Roman Consuls.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus builds the stronghold of castrum Moguntiacum in the location of the modern-day city of Mainz, Germany.source

Births

  • Livilla, daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor (d. AD 31)source
  • Artaxias III, Roman client king of Armenia (d. AD 34)source

Deaths

  • Rhescuporis II, king of the Odrysian Kingdomsource
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman consul (b. c. 90 BC)source
  • Paullus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman consul (b. c. 77 BC)source