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{{short description|Second decade of the first century AD}}
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The '''10s''' decade ran from January 1, AD 10, to December 31, AD 19.

In Europe, the decade saw the end of the [[Early Imperial campaigns in Germania]] when Roman forces led by [[Germanicus]] defeated Germanic tribes in the [[Battle of Idistaviso]] in AD 16. In the subsequent year, [[Maroboduus#War with Arminius and death|a war broke out]] between [[Maroboduus]] and [[Arminius]]. In Africa, [[Tacfarinas]] led his own [[Musulamii]] tribe and a loose and changing coalition of other Berber tribes in a war against the Romans in [[North Africa]] during the rule of the emperor [[Tiberius]] (AD 14–37). The Armenian [[Artaxiad dynasty]] was overthrown by the Romans. In China, the [[Red Eyebrows|Red Eyebrows Rebellion]] erupted against [[Wang Mang]], emperor of the [[Xin dynasty]]. In Korea, [[Daeso]], the ruler of the kingdom of [[Dongbuyeo]], led his armies into [[Goguryeo]] once again. This time, [[Daemusin of Goguryeo|Muhyul]], a prince of Goguryeo, led the armies of Goguryeo in a well-planned ambush and slaughtered all of Daeso's army. Only he and a few of his men escaped home.

Literary works from the 10s include works from the ancient Roman poet [[Ovid]], ''[[Tristia]]'' and ''[[Epistulae ex Ponto]],'' while [[Nicolaus of Damascus]] wrote a biography of Emperor [[Augustus]] (''Bios Kaisaros'').

In the Roman Empire, an edict was issued effecting an empire-wide ban on [[divinatory]] practices especially [[astrology]]. The edict requires any consultation between a customer and a practitioner to be conducted with at least one third party witness present and bans inquiry into anyone's death. [[AD 17 Lydia earthquake|A large earthquake]] caused the destruction of at least twelve cities in the region of [[Lydia]] in the [[Roman province]] of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]] in [[Asia Minor]]. In China, a major flooding took place in the [[Yellow River]] in AD 11, which is credited with helping bring about the fall of the [[Xin dynasty]] in the next decade.

Manning (2008) tentatively estimates the world population in AD 10 as 241 million.

== Demographics ==
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Due to lack of reliable demographic data, estimates of the world population in the 1st century vary wildly, with estimates for AD 1 varying from 150<ref name="thesocialcontract.com">[http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc0403/article_329.shtml John H. Tanton, 1994, "End of the Migration Epoch?  Time For a New Paradigm", The Social Contract, Vol. 4 (no 3), pp. 162–173].</ref> to 300<ref>Haub (1995): "By 1 A.D., the world may have held about 300 million people. One estimate of the population of the Roman Empire, from Spain to Asia Minor, in 14 A.D. is 45 million. However, other historians set the figure twice as high, suggesting how imprecise population estimates of early historical periods can be."</ref> million. Demographers typically do not attempt to estimate most specific years in antiquity, instead giving approximate numbers for round years such as AD 1 or AD 200. However, attempts at reconstructing the world population in more specific years have been made, with Manning (2008) tentatively estimating the world population in AD 10 as 241 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Scott |date=2008-01-12 |title=Year-by-Year World Population Estimates: 10,000 B.C. to 2007 A.D. |url=https://scottmanning.com/content/year-by-year-world-population-estimates/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Historian on the Warpath |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Events by year for decade|1}}

==Significant people==
* [[Caesar Augustus]], [[Roman Emperor]] ([[27 BC]]–[[AD 14]])
* [[Tiberius]], [[Roman Emperor]] ([[AD 14]]–[[AD 37|37]])
* [[Germanicus]], Roman General

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