10

Year 10 (X) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, throughout Roman Empire, it was known as the year of the consulship of Dolabella and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 763 ab urbe condita). The denomination 10 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for counting years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Differentiation of localized Teutonic tribes of the Irminones.
• Publius Cornelius Dolabella is a Roman consul.
• Illyria is divided into Pannonia and Dalmatia.
• Senatus consultum Silanianum is adopted.

China

• The usurper Wang Mang (who rules during a brief interregnum known as the Xin Dynasty) outlaws the private purchase and use of crossbows. Despite this, Liu Xiu, the later Emperor Guangwu of Han, buys crossbows in the winter of 22 in order to aid the rebellion of his brother Liu Yan (styled Bosheng) and Li Tong.

Elsewhere

• The Greek dynasty in Bactria is extinguished.

By topic

Arts

• Ovid completes Tristia (the "Sorrows", 5 books) and Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea, 4 books) describing the sadness of banishment.

Births

• Hero of Alexandria, Greek engineer (d. c. 70)
• Liu Penzi, captive "Emperor" of China (d. 27)

Deaths

• Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian (b. c. 63 BC)

References