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Year 56 was a leap year starting on Thursday
Leap year starting on Thursday

This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Thursday , such as 2004.Common year starting on Wednesday | Common year starting on Saturday...
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Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
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Year 56 was a leap year starting on Thursday
Leap year starting on Thursday

This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Thursday , such as 2004.Common year starting on Wednesday | Common year starting on Saturday...
 (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
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Roman Empire
  • War between Rome and Parthia
    Parthia

    Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
     breaks out due to the invasion of Armenia
    Armenia

    Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
     by Vologases
    Vologases I of Parthia

    Vologases I of Parthia ruled the Parthia from about 51 to 78. Son of Vonones II of Parthia by a Greeks concubine, he succeeded his father in 51 AD....
    , who had replaced the Roman supported ruler with his brother Tiridates of Parthia.
  • Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus
    Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus

    Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Roman Empire Roman Senate and stoicism philosopher, lived during the reign of Nero. He was the husband of Arria the daughter of Arria, father-in-law of Helvidius Priscus, and a friend and kinsman of the poet Aulus Persius Flaccus....
     becomes a consul in Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
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Asia
  • The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty
    Han Dynasty

    The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
     changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.


Births

  • Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)


Deaths