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Roman Empire

• 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....
  s are Aulus Vitellius
  Vitellius
  
  Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, born Aulus Vitellius and commonly known as Vitellius , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 16 April 69 to 22 December of the same year....
   and Lucius Vipstanus Publicola Messalla.
• The 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....
   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....
   invests Agrippa II
  Agrippa II
  
  Agrippa II , son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians....
   with the office of superintendent of 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....
  .
• After the execution of his wife Messalina
  Messalina
  
  Valeria Messalina, sometimes spelled Messallina, was a Ancient Rome Empress as the third wife of Roman Emperor Claudius. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she conspired against her husband and was executed when the plot was discovered....
  , Claudius gets senatorial approval to marry his niece, Agrippina.
• Vitellius
  Vitellius
  
  Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, born Aulus Vitellius and commonly known as Vitellius , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 16 April 69 to 22 December of the same year....
   is a Roman Consul.
• Publius Ostorius Scapula
  Publius Ostorius Scapula
  
  Publius Ostorius Scapula was a Roman empire statesman and general who governed Roman Britain from 47 until his death, and was responsible for the defeat and capture of Caratacus....
  , governor of Britain
  Roman Britain
  
  Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
  , announces his intention to disarm all Britons south and east of the Trent
  River Trent
  
  The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its Source is in Staffordshire between Biddulph and Biddulph Moor. It flows through the English Midlands until it joins the River Ouse, Yorkshire at Trent Falls to form the Humber, which empties into the North Sea below Kingston upon Hull and Immingham....
   and Severn
  River Severn
  
  The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at . It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales....
  . The Iceni
  Iceni
  
  The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
  , an independent, allied kingdom within that area, revolt but are defeated. Ostorius then moves against the Deceangli
  Deceangli
  
  The Deceangli or Deceangi were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Isles, prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in north Wales, though it is uncertain whether their territory covered only the modern counties of Flintshire and Denbighshire in the north-east of Wales or whether it extended further west....
   in north Wales
  Wales
  
  native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
  , but is forced to abandon the campaign to deal with a revolt among the allied Brigantes
  Brigantes
  
  The Brigantes were a List of Celtic tribes who in British Iron Age times controlled the largest section of Northern England and a significant part of the Midlands#The English Midlands....
  .
• Gallic nobles are admitted to the Roman Senate
  Roman Senate
  
  The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
  . Claudius grants the rights of citizenship to the Aedui
  Aedui
  
  Aedui, Haedui or Hedui , are Gallic people of Gallia Lugdunensis, who inhabited the country between the Arar and Liger , in today's France....
  .

Asia

• The Hsiung-nu empire dissolves.
• The emperor of China
  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....
  , Guang Wudi (Kouang Wou-Ti), restores Chinese domination of Inner Mongolia
  Inner Mongolia
  
  Inner Mongolia is the Mongols autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the country's north.Inner Mongolia borders, from east to west, the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu, while to the north it borders Mongolia and Russia....
  . The Xiongnu
  Xiongnu
  
  The Xiongnu were a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia with a ruling class of unknown origin and other subjugated tribes. They lived on the steppes north of China, and appear in Chinese sources from the 3rd century BC as controlling an empire stretching beyond the borders of modern day Mongolia....
   are made confederates and guard the Northern border of the empire.

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Religion

• Probable date of the Apostolic Council. Paul of Tarsus
  Paul of Tarsus
  
  Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
   begins his first mission (approximate date — see 47
  47
  
  Year 47 was common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar....
  ).
• According to Christian
  Christianity
  
  Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
   legend, Martha
  Martha
  
  Saint Martha was the sister of Lazarus and Mary, sister of Lazarus, and in the Gospel of John was witness to Jesus' resurrection of her brother....
   travels to Avignon
  Avignon
  
  Avignon is a Communes of France in the Vaucluse Departments of France in southeastern France with an estimated mid-2004 population of 89,300 in the city itself and a population of 290,466 in the aire urbaine at the 1999 census....
  .

Births

• Ts'ailouen, Chinese researcher
  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....
   and inventor of paper

Deaths

• Messalina
  Messalina
  
  Valeria Messalina, sometimes spelled Messallina, was a Ancient Rome Empress as the third wife of Roman Emperor Claudius. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she conspired against her husband and was executed when the plot was discovered....
  , third wife of 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....