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Year 62 was a common year starting on Friday
Common year starting on Friday

This is the calendar for any common year starting on Friday . Examples: Gregorian calendar years 1993, 1999 & 2010 or Julian calendar years 1910 & 1899 ....
 (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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Year 62 was a common year starting on Friday
Common year starting on Friday

This is the calendar for any common year starting on Friday . Examples: Gregorian calendar years 1993, 1999 & 2010 or Julian calendar years 1910 & 1899 ....
 (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
  • After the death of Burrus and the disgrace of Seneca
    Seneca the Younger

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Ancient Rome Stoicism philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature....
    , 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....
    , free from their influence, becomes a megalomaniacal artist fascinated by Hellenism
    Hellenistic civilization

    File:Diadochen1.pngHellenistic civilization represents the zenith of Ancient Greece influence in the Classical Antiquity from 323 BC to about 146 BC ....
     and the Orient. Tigellinus becomes Nero's counselor. From this time onward his rule becomes highly abusive.
  • A great earthquake
    Earthquake

    An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph....
     damages cities in Calabria
    Calabria

    Calabria , is a Regions of Italy in Southern Italy Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea....
    , including Pompeii
    Pompeii

    Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Ancient Rome town-city near modern Naples in the Italy region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei....
    .
  • Battle of Rhandeia: Romans under Lucius Caesennius Paetus
    Lucius Caesennius Paetus

    Lucius Junius Caesennius Paetus was a Roman aristocrat, member of the Junius , who lived in the second half of the 1st century during the Roman Empire....
     are defeated by a 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'....
    n-Armenia
    Armenia

    Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
    n army under King Tiridates
    Tiridates

    Tiridates may refer to:Parthia* Tiridates I of Parthia , brother of Arsaces I* Tiridates II of Parthia, ruled c. 30?26 BC* Tiridates III of Parthia ruled c....
     of Parthia.
  • A violent storm destroys 200 ships in the port of Portus
    Portus

    Porto or Portus was a town in Lazio or Latium, just south of Rome, Italy. It was an ancient harbour on the right bank of the mouth of the Tiber River....
    .


By topic


Arts and Sciences
  • Lucan
    Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

    Marcus Annaeus Lucanus , better known in English language as Lucan, was a Roman Empire poet, born in Corduba , in the Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Classical Latin#Silver_Age_Latin period....
     writes a history of the conflict between Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
     and Pompey
    Pompey

    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
    .


Religion
  • 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....
     is imprisoned 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 ....
     (approximate date).


Births

  • Pliny the Younger
    Pliny the Younger

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo , better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and natural philosopher of Ancient Rome....
     (Caius Caecilius Secundus), Roman orator, writer and statesman


Deaths

  • Sextus Afranius Burrus
    Sextus Afranius Burrus

    Sextus Afranius Burrus , Praetorian prefect, was advisor to Roman emperor Nero and, together with Seneca the Younger, very powerful in the early years of Nero's reign....
    , praefectus preatorianus and good friend of 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....
    's tutor Seneca
    Seneca the Younger

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Ancient Rome Stoicism philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature....
  • Aulus Persius Flaccus
    Aulus Persius Flaccus

    Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus , was a Ancient Rome poet and satirist of Etruscan civilization origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a Stoicism wisdom and a strong criticism for the abuses of his contemporaries....
    , Roman poet
  • James the Just
    James the Just

    Saint James the Just , , also known as James of Jerusalem, James Adelphotheos, James, the Brother of the Lord, was an important figure in Early Christianity....
    , brother 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 ....
     (martyr
    Martyr

    The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
    ed)
  • Gaius Rubellius Plautus, second cousin of 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....
     (executed)
  • Claudia Octavia
    Claudia Octavia

    Claudia Octavia was a Roman Empress, stepsister and first wife to Roman Emperor Nero....
    , wife of 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....
     (executed?)
  • Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
    Lucius Caecilius Iucundus

    Lucius Caecilius Iucundus was a banker who lived in the Ancient Rome town of Pompeii in the first century. His house still stands and can be seen in the ruins of Pompeii....
    , Pompeiian banker