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AD 44 (XLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 797 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 44 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

  • Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus and Titus Statilius Taurus become Roman consuls.
  • The emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign in triumph, the southeast part of Britannia now held by the Roman Empire, but the war will rage for another decade and a half.
  • Boudicca marries Prasutagus, king of the British Celtic tribe the Iceni.
  • Mauretania becomes a Roman province.
  • The Isle of Rhodes returns to the Roman Empire.
  • Judaea is controlled by Roman governors.
  • Cuspius Fadus, governor of Judea (44–46), suppress the revolt of Theudas who is decapitated.

    • Arts and sciences

  • Pomponius Mela writes De situ orbis, a geography of the Earth.

    • Births

  • Fictional Jacob (Lost) and fictional Man in Black (Lost) were born on an island in the South Pacific Ocean.

    • Deaths

  • James the Great, the son of Zebedee, martyrdom
  • Herod Agrippa of Judea (b. 10 BC)
  • Claudia Julia, executed niece of Claudius and Messalina (AD 43–45)
  • Wu Han, general of Han Dynasty

    • References

    AD 44 Wikipedia
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