AD 13
AD 13 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silius and Plancus. The denomination AD 13 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Augustus initiates his third census of the Roman Empire after 20 years.
- Abgarus of Edessa is reinstalled as king of Osroene.
- The Senate passes a senatus consultum restricting the reduced Vigintisexviri to the Ordo Equester.
China
- Last year of Shijianguo era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Strabo publishes his book on the shape of the Earth.
- Ovid publishes books 1-3 of his Epistulae ex Ponto.
Births
- Casperius Aelianus, Roman praetorian prefect
- Gaius Silius, Roman politician