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AD 31 (XXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberius and Sejanus (or, less frequently, year 784 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 31 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Empire

  • Lucius Aelius Sejanus is named co-Consul to the Emperor Tiberius. However, Tiberius becomes aware of Sejanus' treachery and has him arrested and executed.
  • April 6 (Good Friday) – Crucifixion of Jesus (according to one dating scheme).
  • Naevius Sutorius Macro becomes the leader of the Praetorian Guard after Sejanus is executed.
  • Tiberius returns to Rome from Capri.

    • Births

  • Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus, Roman consul
  • Musonius Rufus, (late estimate of birth year) Roman Stoic philosopher (d. 101)

    • Deaths

  • October 18 – Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Roman politician (executed) (b. 20 BC)
  • Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Roman historian (possibly executed as an accomplice of Sejanus) (b. c. 19 BC)
  • Livilla, niece and daughter-in-law of the emperor Tiberius (starved to death for her role in a plot to overthrow Tiberius with her lover Sejanus) (b. 13 BC)

    • References

    AD 31 Wikipedia
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