15 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	40s BC  30s BC  20s BC  – 10s BC –  0s BC  0s  10s
Years:	18 BC 17 BC 16 BC – 15 BC – 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC

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Year 15 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Drusus and Piso.

Events

• Roman province of Raetia is started (in modern-day Switzerland). Chur is the capital.
• Drusus builds the Via Claudia Augusta through Italy
• Vienna becomes a frontier city (Vindobona) guarding the Roman Empire against the Germanic peoples

Births

for more information, see Category:15 BC births.

• Germanicus, Roman general (d. AD 19)
• Phaedrus, Roman fabulist (d. AD 50)

Deaths

• Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul (b. c. 87 BC)
• Vedius Pollio, equestrian friend of Augustus