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Year '5' was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

By place

Roman Empire

China

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus, King of the Catuvellauni, as King of Britain.

★ Germanic Tribes Cimbri and Charydes send ambassadors to Rome.

★ Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus and Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus (or Gaius Ateius Capito) become Roman consuls.

★ Tiberius conquers Germania Inferior.

★ Agrippina the Elder marries Germanicus her second cousin.

★ Livilla marries Drusus Julius Caesar, Tiberius's son.

★ Polycharmus Azenius becomes Archon of Athens.

China

★ Emperor Ping of Han is assassinated. Grand Empress Dowager Wang appoints Wang Mang as acting emperor of Han until a suitable successor is found to replace the childless Ping.

Births

★ Julia, daughter of Julius Caesar Drusus and Livilla (d. 43).

★ Drusilla of Mauretania.

★ Ruzi Ying, great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor of China (d. 25).

★ Yin Lihua, Empress of China (d. 64).

★ Saint Paul (approximate date).

Deaths

★ Ping of Han, Emperor of China (born 14 BC) is assassinated (presumably poisoned) on the orders of Wang Mang.