16 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:	19 BC 18 BC 17 BC – 16 BC – 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC

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Year 16 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Scipio.

Events

• Noricum is added the Roman Empire
• Caesar Augustus makes Trier the capital of German provinces

16 BC Media

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  The Aeneid is published in 19 BC, after the death of Virgil earlier that year.

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  Drusus' battles with Germanic tribes (12–9 BC)

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  Depiction of Virgil (70 BC–19 BC)

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  Coin of King Asander (110 BC–17 BC)

• Cornelia Scipio, daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito and Scribonia (b. c. 46 BC)
• Empress Wang