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{{dablink|This page is about the year 9 AD. For the actual number, see [[nine]].}} {{year nav|9}} {{Year in other calendars}} {{wiktionary|nine}} '''9''' ([[Roman numerals|'''IX''']]) is a [[common year]] of the [[Julian calendar]] which started on a [[common year starting on Tuesday|Tuesday]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.calendarhome.com/cgi-bin/tycyear.pl?year=9&change=1&suppresshol= |title=CalendarHome.com - 9 |first= |last= |work=calendarhome.com |year=2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> According to the [[Gregorian calendar]], it started on a [[common year starting on Thursday|Thursday]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=year+9 |title=year 9 - Wolfram&#124;Alpha |first= |last= |work=wolframalpha.com |year=2011 |accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> It was the 9th year of the [[1st century]]. == Events == === Roman Empire === *[[Illyria]] is turned into a province after a revolt has been defeated. *The [[Rhine River]] is established as the boundary between the [[Latin]] and [[German language|German]] speaking worlds, following the defeat of the Roman army, under the command of [[Varus]], at the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]]. *[[Ovid]] is banished to [[Tomis]]. * [[Pannonia]] (modern-day [[Hungary]]) submits to Roman rule. * In order to increase the number of marriages, and ultimately the population, the ''lex Papia Poppaea'' is adopted in Rome. This law prohibits celibacy and childless relationships. * Roman finances become strained following the Danubian insurrection, and [[Varus]]' defeat in Germany. This results in the levying of two new taxes: five percent of inheritances, and one percent on sales. *[[Ovid]] completes [[Ibis]]. === Asia === *[[Wang Mang]] founds the short-lived [[Xin Dynasty]] in [[Chinese history|China]] (until [[25]]). == Births == *[[November 18]] - [[Vespasian]], [[Roman emperor]] == Deaths == *[[Publius Quinctilius Varus]], Roman general, at the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]], said to have committed suicide == References == {{reflist}} [