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Year
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Answer
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1
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Tiberius quells revolts in Germania
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2
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Peace between the Romans and Parthians, with Parthia recognising Roman claims to Armenia
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3
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Birth of Galba (future Roman Emperor)
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4
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Tiberius named heir by Augustus alongside Agrippa Postumus
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5
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Tiberius conquers Germania Inferior
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6
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The Great Illyrian Revolt begins in the Roman province of Illyricum, with the native tribes of Dalmatia and Pannonia revolting against the Romans
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7
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The largest rebellion against Emperor Ruzi of Han is launched through Zhai Yi, a governor, declaring a pretender emperor, the rebellion is put down in the same year
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8
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Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea
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9
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Battle of Teutoburg Forest, resulting in several Roman legions being completely destroyed and putting an end to the eastwards expansion of Rome into Germania
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10
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Ovid completes Tristia III (the "Sorrows") describing the sadness of banishment
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11
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Augustus abandons his plan to create a defensive border at the Elbe, to instead reinforce Roman defences along the Rhine and the Danube
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12
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Birth of Caligula (future Roman Emperor)
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13
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Tiberius holds a triumphant procession through Rome after his siege of Germany
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14
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Death of Augustus and the succession of Tiberius as the new Roman Emperor
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15
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Germanicus during his campaign against the Germanic peoples recaptures the aquila of Legio XIX and is able to arrange the burial for the remains of Varus' army
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16
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Battle of Idistaviso, which saw Germanicus leading a large Roman army and defeating the German war chief Arminius who had been instrumental in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
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17
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Germanicus returns to Rome celebrating a triumph for his victories before being sent east to lead a military campaign against Parthia
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18
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Germanicus concludes a peace treaty with Parthia, in which King Artabanus II is recognised as king and friend of Rome
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19
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Germanicus falls ill and dies, with Piso, the governor of Syria, being accused of poising him by his wife, Agrippina the Elder
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20
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Piso commits suicide after Tiberius launches a public trial in the Roman senate to investigate Germanicus' murder
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21
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The Romans create a buffer state in the territory of the Quadi, in southern Slovakia
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22
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Birth of Valeria Messalina (third wife of Emperor Claudius)
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23
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The fall of the Xin dynasty and the restoration of the Han dynasty after the Battle of Kunyang
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24
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Rome completes the annexation of Numidia and Mauretania
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25
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Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian guard, unsuccessfully attempts to marry Livilla
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26
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Tiberius retires to Capri, leaving Sejanus in charge of the Roman Empire and the city of Rome
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27
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Christianity is born, as a Jewish sect in Jerusalem
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28
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Gaius Carrinas holds a triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul
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29
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Jesus baptised by John the Baptist
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30
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Jesus is crucified and later reported as alive by his disciples
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31
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Tiberius grows aware of Sejanus' treachery and has him arrested and exectuted
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32
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Birth of Otho (future Roman Emperor)
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33
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Roman Financial crisis of 33 which saw a lack of money, a crisis of confidence, and much land speculation resulting in many aristocratic families falling into ruin
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34
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Saul of Tarsus is converted to Christianity and becomes Paul the Apostle
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35
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Tiridates III became King of Parthia for a year
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36
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Eastern Han conquers the separatist Chengjia Empire, reuniting China
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37
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Death of Tiberius and the succession of Caligula as the new Roman Emperor
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38
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An anti-Jewish riot breaks out in Alexandria, the mob wants to place statues of Caligula in every synagogue
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39
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Caligula orders a floating bridge to be built using ships as pontoons, stretching for two miles from Baiae to the neighbouring port of Puteoli
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40
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Caligula reforms the principatus into a Hellenistic Autocracy, here he also allegedly appoints his horse, Incitatus, a senator
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41
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Death of Caligula and the succession of Claudius as the new Roman Emperor after a night of negotiation with the senate
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42
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The territories of current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province
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43
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The Romans begin the conquest of Britain
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44
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Mauretania becomes a Roman province
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45
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Claudius expels the Jews from Rome
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46
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Birth of Plutarch, a Greek historian and biographer
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47
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Claudius revives the censorship and organises the order of the Haruspices, with 60 members
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48
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Claudius executes his wife Messalina and gains senatorial approval to marry his niece, Agrippina the Younger
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49
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Nero becomes engaged to Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius
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50
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The first apostolic council of Jerusalem takes place
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