17 BC

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

Decades: 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s

Years: 22 BC 21 BC 20 BC 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC

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Events

• Horace's hymn the Carmen Saeculare was commissioned by the Roman emperor Augustus.

Births

• Arminius, German war chief who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (+ AD 19)
• Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major (+ AD 40)

Deaths