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17 BCE

Emperor Augustus celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "Carmen Saeculare" is commissioned. Emperor Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius Caesar.

Conflict & Security

  • Emperor Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius Caesar.source

Culture & Society

  • Emperor Augustus celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "Carmen Saeculare" is commissioned.source

Births

  • December 11 – Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major (d. AD 40)source
  • Lucius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (d. AD 2)source
  • Arminius, Germanic chieftain who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (d. AD 21)source

Deaths

  • Asander, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom (b. 110 BC)source