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22 BCE

Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and Lucius Munatius Plancus are Censors. King Artaxias II returns, with the support of the Parthians, to Armenia and claims the throne. Artavasdes I escapes to Rome, where Caesar Augustus receives him. The Roman governor of Egypt, Gaius Petronius, marches up the Nile with legions XXII Deiotariana and III Cyrenaica, and destroys the Nubian capital of Napata.

Conflict & Security

  • King Artaxias II returns, with the support of the Parthians, to Armenia and claims the throne. Artavasdes I escapes to Rome, where Caesar Augustus receives him.source
  • The Roman governor of Egypt, Gaius Petronius, marches up the Nile with legions XXII Deiotariana and III Cyrenaica, and destroys the Nubian capital of Napata.source

Religion & Belief

  • Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and Lucius Munatius Plancus are Censors.source

Deaths

  • Lucius Licinius Varro Murena, Roman politician, executedsource