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• Tigellinus
  Tigellinus
  
  Gaius Ofonius Tigellinus, also known as Ophonius Tigellinus and Sophonius Tigellinus , was a Praetorian prefect of the Ancient Rome imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, from 62 until 68, during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero....
  , minister and favorite of the later Roman emperor
  Roman Emperor
  
  The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
   Nero
  Nero
  
  Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....
  , is banished for adultery
  Adultery
  
  Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a marriage and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not her husband and in others it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someon...
   with Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
  's sisters.
• Domitius Afer
  Domitius Afer
  
  Domitius Afer was a Roman Empire orator and advocate, born at Nemausus in Gallia Narbonensis. He flourished in the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero....
   secures a consul
  Consul
  
  Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
  ship.
• Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
   is also a consul.
• Agrippa I
  Agrippa I
  
  Agrippa I also called the Great , King of the Jews, was the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice . His original name was Marcus Julius Agrippa, and he is the king named Herod in the Acts of the Apostles, in the Bible, "Herod " ....
  , king of Judaea, successfully accuses Herod Antipas
  Herod Antipas
  
  Herod Antipas After inheriting his territories when the kingdom of his father Herod the Great was divided upon his death in 4 BC, Antipas ruled them as a client state of the Roman Empire....
  , tetrarch of Galilee
  Galilee
  
  Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
   and Perea
  Perea (Holy Land)
  
  Perea , a portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea; it did not extend too far inland....
  , of conspiracy against Caligula. Antipas is exiled and Agrippa receives his territory.
• Legio XV Primigenia
  Legio XV Primigenia
  
  Legio decima quinta Primigenia - a name of the goddess Fortuna) was a legion of the Roman army.It was originally levied by the emperor Caligula in 39, to aid in the Germanic campaigns and was stationed in the Rhine frontier until 70, when it was destroyed during the Batavian rebellion with the Legio V Alaudae....
   and XXII Primigenia
  Legio XXII Primigenia
  
  Legio vigesima secunda Primigenia , dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Roman legion levied by Roman Emperor Caligula in 39, for his campaigns in Germania....
   are levied by Caligula for the German
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   frontier.
• Caligula's campaign into Germany is stopped by a conspiracy led by Cassius Chaerea
  Cassius Chaerea
  
  Cassia Chaerea was a centurion in the army of Germanicus and served in the Praetorian Guard under the emperor Caligula, whom he eventually assassinated....
  . Even though he never even reaches Germany, Caligula proclaims himself victorious and orders a Triumph.
• Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
   orders that a statue of himself be placed in the temple in Jerusalem
  Temple in Jerusalem
  
  The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a The Third Temple features in Jewish eschatology....
  . The governor of Syria
  Syria
  
  Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
  , Publius Petronius, who is responsible for erecting the statue, faces mass demonstrations by Jews of the region and manages to delay construction of the statue until the death of Caligula (January 24, 41
  41
  
  Year 41 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar....
  ).
• Philo
  Philo
  
  Philo , known also as Philo of Alexandria , Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was a Hellenistic Judaism philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt....
   leads a Jewish delegation to Rome to protest the anti-Jewish conditions in Alexandria
  Alexandria
  
  Alexandria , with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports....
  .

Asia

• The Trung Sisters
  Trung Sisters
  
  The Trung Sisters , known in Vietnamese language as Hai B? Trung , and individually as Trung Tr?c and Trung Nh? , were two 1st century Vietnamese people women leaders who successfully repelled China invasions for three years, and are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam....
   resist the Chinese
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   influences in Vietnam
  History of Vietnam
  
  The history of Vietnam begins around 2,700 years ago. Successive dynasties based in China ruled Vietnam directly for most of the period from 111 BC until 938 when Vietnam regained its independence....
  .

Births

• November 3 — Lucan, Roman poet
• December 30 — Titus Flavius
  Titus
  
  Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus , was a Roman Emperor who briefly reigned from 79 until his death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Titus's father Vespasian , Titus himself and his younger brother Domitian ....
  , Roman emperor (79
  79
  
  Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
  -81
  81
  
  Year 81 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar....
  ).
• Julia Drusilla
  Julia Drusilla
  
  For the identically named daughter of Germanicus, see Drusilla .Julia Drusilla was the only child and daughter of Roman Emperor Gaius and his fourth and last wife Caesonia....
  , daughter of current Roman Emperor
  Roman Emperor
  
  The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
   Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
  
• Britannicus
  Britannicus
  
  Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus was the son of the Roman Empire Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina. He became the heir-designate of the empire at his birth, less than a month into his father's reign....
  , son of later Roman emperor Claudius
  Claudius
  
  Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
   and his third wife Messalina

Deaths

• Seneca the Elder
  Seneca the Elder
  
  Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca the Elder and Seneca the Rhetorician , was a Ancient Rome rhetorician and writer, born of a wealthy Equestrian family of C?rdoba, Spain, Hispania....
  , Roman
  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....
   rhetoric
  Rhetoric
  
  Rhetoric is the art of using language as a means to persuade. Along with logic and dialectic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse....
  ian