AD 10
AD 10 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, throughout the Roman Empire it was known as the year of the consulship of Dolabella and Silanus. The denomination AD 10 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for counting years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Differentiation of localized Teutonic tribes of the Irminones.
- Senatus consultum Silanianum is adopted.
Central Asia
- The Euthydemid dynasty, a Greek dynasty in Bactria, is brought to an end.
China
- The usurper Wang Mang outlaws the private purchase and use of crossbows. Despite this, Liu Xiu, the later Emperor Guangwu of Han, buys crossbows in the winter of AD 22 to aid the rebellion of his brother Liu Yan and Li Tong.
Judea
- According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits Herod's Temple and gets lost.
By topic
Arts
- Ovid completes Tristia III describing the sadness of banishment.
Births
- Hero of Alexandria, Greek engineer
- Pope Linus, Pope in Catholic church
- Liu Penzi, Chinese puppet emperor
- Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola, Roman consul
- Tigellinus, Roman Praetorian prefect
Deaths
- Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian
- Hillel the Elder, Babylonian sage, scholar, and Jewish leader