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AD 42 (XLII) 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 Caesar and Piso (or, less frequently, year 795 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 42 for this year has been used since the Early Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Empire

  • Consuls are Emperor Claudius and Gaius Caecina Gargus.
  • Romans take control of Ceuta, a port city on the North African side of the Strait of Gibraltar.
  • The territories of the current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province.
  • The Dalmatian legate, Furius Camillus Scribonianus, revolts but his troops defect and his rebellion quickly withers.
  • Claudius begins construction of Portus, a harbour bearing a lighthouse on the right bank of the Tiber.

    • Asia

  • Suro becomes the first king of Geumgwan Gaya in the Korean Peninsula.
  • The Chinese General Ma Yuan represses the rebellions of the Trưng Sisters in Tonkin.

    • Religion

  • 25 January – Conversion of the Apostle Paul to Christianity. The exact date is not provided in texts, but the Roman Catholic Church has chosen to commemorate this date.

    • Births

  • Herennius Philo (approximate date) (d. 141)
  • Pope Sixtus I (d. 124)

    • Deaths

  • Arria
  • Gaius Appius Junius Silanus

    • References

    AD 42 Wikipedia
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