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10
10 (ten) is the Even and odd numbers, even natural number following 9 and preceding 11 (number), 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. Name The number "ten" originates from the Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic root "*tehun", which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European root "*dekm-", meaning "ten". This root is the source of similar words for "ten" in many other Germanic languages, like Dutch language, Dutch, German language, German, and Swedish language, Swedish. The use of "ten" in the Decimal, decimal system is likely due to the fact that humans have ten Finger, fingers and ten Toe, toes, which people may have used to count by. Linguistics * A collection of ten items (most often ten years) is called a decade. * The ordinal adjective is ''decimal''; the distributive adjective is ''denary''. * Increasing a quantity by one order of magnitude is mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 BC
__NOTOC__ Year 10 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday, Common year starting on Wednesday, Wednesday or Common year starting on Thursday, Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday or Leap year starting on Wednesday, Wednesday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see Julian calendar#Leap year error, leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Sunday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Antonius (or, less frequently, year 744 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 10 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * The Obelisk of Montecitorio is brought from Ptolemaic Egypt, Egypt to Rome by Emperor Augustus to be erected as a sundial gnomon of the Solarium Augusti. It is now in the Piazza Montecitorio. * The Roman Empire, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |