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'''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]]

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