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AD 49 (XLIX) was a common 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 Longus and Veranius (or, less frequently, year 802 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 49 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

  • Emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina the Younger (approximate date).
  • Seneca the Younger becomes Nero's tutor.
  • Melankomas is the boxing champion at the 207th Olympic Games.
  • Likely date for the expulsion of the Jews from Rome.
  • Nero becomes engaged to Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius.
  • Agrippina the Younger charges Octavia's first fiancé Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus with incest. He is brought before the Senate and sentenced to death.
  • In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a colonia for Roman veterans at Camulodunum (Colchester). Verulamium (St Albans) is probably established as a municipium the same year. A legion is stationed on the borders of the Silures of South Wales in preparation for invasion.

    • Religion

  • New Testament book Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is probably written.
  • Christianity spreads into Europe, especially at Rome and at Philippi (probable date according to chronology derived from the Acts of the Apostles).

    • Deaths

  • Ma Yuan, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty (b. 14 BC)

    • References

    AD 49 Wikipedia
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