49

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Year '49' was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ Emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina the Younger (approximate date).

★ Seneca the Younger becomes Nero's tutor.

★ Melankomas is the boxing champion at the 207th Olympic Games.

★ Likely date for the expulsion of the Jews from Rome.

★ Engagement of Nero and Octavia, daughter of Claudius.

★ Agrippina the Younger charges Octavia's first fiancé Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus of incest. He is brought before the Senate and sentenced to death.

★ In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a ''colonia'' for Roman veterans at Camulodunum (Colchester). Verulamium (St Albans) is probably established as a ''municipium'' the same year. A legion is stationed on the borders of the Silures of South Wales in preparation for invasion.

By topic

Religion

★ The New Testament book Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is probably written.

★ The spread of Christianity into Europe, especially at Rome and at Philippia (according to Saint Paul).

Births

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Deaths

★ Ma Yuan, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty (born 14 BC)