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Roman Empire

• The Romans
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   found the city of Tournai
  Tournai
  
  Tournai is a Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut ....
   in Belgium
  Belgium
  
  * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
  .

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Religion

• The Sermon on the Mount
  Sermon on the Mount
  
  In the Gospel of St. Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount is a compilation of Jesus' sayings, epitomizing his Ethics in religion#Christian ethics....
   (according to proponents of the 33 theory, although 27
  27
  
  Year 27 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
   or 28
  28
  
  Year 28 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
   is more likely)
• April 7 — Crucifixion of Jesus
  Jesus
  
  Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
   (suggested date, but it is also suggested that he died on April 3, 33
  33
  
  Year 33 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
  )
• Probable beginning of pontificate of Saint Peter
  Saint Peter
  
  Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
   (in Catholic reckoning, until 64
  64
  
  Year 64 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar....
  ).

Arts and Sciences

• Phaedrus
  Phaedrus
  
  Phaedrus , Roman Empire fabulist, was probably a Thracian slave, born in Pydna of Macedonia and lived in the reigns of Augustus Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius....
   translates Aesop's fables
  Aesop's Fables
  
  Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop , a Slavery and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, especially beast fables involving Anthropomorphism animals....
  , and composes some of his own.
• Velleius Paterculus writes the general history of the countries known in Antiquity
  Classical antiquity
  
  Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome....
  .

Births

• Nerva
  Nerva
  
  Marcus Cocceius Nerva was a Roman Emperor who reigned from AD 96 until his death in 98. Nerva acceded to this position at the advanced age of 65, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the rulers of the Flavian dynasty--Vespasian, Titus and Domitian....
  , Roman emperor
• Quintus Petillius Cerialis
  Quintus Petillius Cerialis
  
  Quintus Petilius Cerialis Caesius Rufus was a Ancient Rome general.His name suggests that he was an Adoption in Rome of a Caesius family into the Petilii....
  , brother-in-law of Vespasian
  Vespasian
  
  Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
  

Deaths

• April 7 — Judas Iscariot
  Judas Iscariot
  
  'Judas Iscariot', "Yehuda" was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Among the twelve, he was apparently designated to keep account of the "accountant" , but he is most traditionally known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities....
  , disciple of Jesus, reportedly committed suicide
  Suicide
  
  Suicide is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"....
   shortly before the death of his teacher
• April 7/Good Friday
  Good Friday
  
  Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday . It commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha....
   — Jesus
  Jesus
  
  Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
   (born about 4 BC) — most widely accepted date by modern scholars (traditionally 33
  33
  
  Year 33 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
  )
• Shammai
  Shammai
  
  Shammai was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah.Shammai was the most eminent contemporary and the Halakha opponent of Hillel the Elder, and is almost invariably mentioned along with him....
  , president of the Sanhedrin
  Sanhedrin
  
  The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel....
   and talmudic scholar, died 30 C.E.
• John the Baptist
  John the Baptist
  
  John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
   (see )