18

This page is about the year 18 AD. For the actual number, see eighteen.

18 (XVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 18th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 1st millennium, the 18th year of the 1st century, and the 9th year of the 10s decade. As of the start of 18, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC  0s BC  0s  – 10s –  20s  30s  40s
Years:	15 16 17 – 18 – 19 20 21

AD 18 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 18 XVIII
Ab urbe condita	771
Assyrian calendar	4768
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−575
Berber calendar	968
Buddhist calendar	562
Burmese calendar	−620
Byzantine calendar	5526–5527
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2714 or 2654     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2715 or 2655
Coptic calendar	−266 – −265
Discordian calendar	1184
Ethiopian calendar	10–11
Hebrew calendar	3778–3779
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	74–75
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3118–3119
Holocene calendar	10018
Iranian calendar	604 BP – 603 BP
Islamic calendar	623 BH – 622 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 18 XVIII
Korean calendar	2351
Minguo calendar	1894 before ROC 民前1894年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1450
Seleucid era	329/330 AG
Thai solar calendar	560–561
Tibetan calendar	阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 144 or −237 or −1009     — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 145 or −236 or −1008

Events

• Tiberius and Germanicus are Roman Consuls.
• A vexillatio (sub-unit) of Legio III Augusta is destroyed by an ambush in Africa.
• The German chieftain Arminius destroys the kingdom of the Marcomanni.
• In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.
• Caiaphas becomes the high priest of Jerusalem.

Deaths

• Ovid, Roman poet (or 17)