What is 12?
{{dablink|This page is about the year 12 AD. For the actual number, see [[twelve]].}} {{year nav|12}} {{Year in other calendars}} {{wiktionary|twelve}} '''12''' is a [[year]] in the [[1st century]]. It was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Roman consul|Consulship]] of [[Augustus Caesar|Caesar]] and [[Capito]]'''. == Events == * [[Annius Rufus]] is appointed [[Prefect]] of [[Judea]]. * [[Germanicus]] and Gaius Fonteius Capito become [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consuls]]. * [[Quirinius]] returns from [[Judea]] to become a counselor to [[Tiberius]] * [[Ovid]] stops writing [[Fasti]] because of the lack of resources (being far from the libraries of [[Rome]]). He completes 6 books that detail festivals found in the Roman Calendar. * [[October 12]] – The Introduction of the so-called [[Criminal Tribes Act, 1871]] was a continued discriminatory enactation on the 12th of [[October]], in '''[[British India]]''' respectively. == Births == * [[August 31]] – [[Caligula]], [[Roman Emperor]] [[Category:12]]