18

This page is about the year 18 AD. For the actual number, see eighteen.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC  0s BC  0s  – 10s –  20s  30s  40s
Years:	15 16 17 – 18 – 19 20 21

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18 (XVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 18th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 1st millennium, the 18th year of the 1st century, and the 9th year of the 10s decade. As of the start of 18, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Tiberius and Germanicus are Roman Consuls.
• A vexillatio (sub-unit) of Legio III Augusta is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.
• The German chieftain Arminius destroys the kingdom of the Marcomanni.
• In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.
• Caiaphas becomes the high priest of Jerusalem.

Deaths

• Ovid, Roman poet (or 17)