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Roman Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.

★ August 24, beginning of eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum.

★ Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.

★ Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.

★ To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.

Asia

★ In China, a commission of scholars canonizes text of works of Confucius and his school.

Births

★ Emperor He of Han

★ Ma Rong

Deaths

★ June 23 — Roman emperor Vespasian

★ August 24 — Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)

★ September 23 — Pope Linus

★ Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)

★ Empress Ma