AD 14

• citizens.^[1]
• August 19 – Augustus, the first Roman emperor, dies and is declared to be a god.
• September 18 – Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor.
• Legions on the Rhine mutiny after the death of Augustus;^[2] Germanicus restores discipline amongst the legions.
• Germanicus is appointed commander of the forces in Germany, beginning a campaign that will end in 16.^[3]
• Germanicus leads a brutal raid against the Marsi, a German tribe on the upper Ruhr river, who are massacred.^[4]
• The town and port of Nauportus are plundered by a mutinous Roman legion that was sent there to build roads and bridges.^[5]
• Sextus Appuleius and Sextus Pompeius serve as Roman consuls.

China

• First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
• Famine hits China; some citizens turn to cannibalism.

By topic

Art

• The
  Hellenistic period ends, according to some scholars (usual date 31 BC
  ).

• Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, Roman banker (d. AD 62)
• Marcus Junius Silanus, Roman consul (d. AD 54)

Deaths

• August 19 – Augustus, Roman emperor (b. 63 BC)^[6]
• August 20 – Agrippa Postumus, grandson of Augustus and former heir to the Empire (b. 12 BC)
• Gnaeus Pompeius (Rufus), Roman consul
• Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus^[7] (b. 39 BC)
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul
• Parthenius of Nicaea, Greek grammarian
• Paullus Fabius Maximus, Roman consul
• Sempronius Gracchus, Roman nobleman

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