10 Explained

For other uses see 10 (disambiguation).

For other uses see 10 (disambiguation).

Year 10 (X) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Differentiation of localized Teutonic tribes of the Irminones.
• The Greek dynasty in Bactria is extinguished.
• Publius Cornelius Dolabella is a Roman Consul.
• Illyria is divided into Pannonia and Dalmatia.

Arts

• Ovid completes Tristia (the "Sorrows", 5 books) and Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea, 4 books) describing the sadness of banishment.

Births

• Hero of Alexandria, Greek engineer (died ca 70)
• Saint Peter, one of Jesus' disciples and the first pope in Catholic theology (died ca 64)
• Liu Penzi, captive "Emperor" of China (died ??)

Deaths

• Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian (born ca 63 BC)