Neha Patil (Editor)

AD 56

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit

AD 56 (LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 809 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 56 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.

Contents

Roman Empire

  • War between Rome and Parthia breaks out due to the invasion of Armenia by Vologases I, who had replaced the Roman supported ruler with his brother Tiridates I of Armenia.
  • Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome.

    • Asian Calendar

  • The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.

    • Births

  • Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (d. 117)

    • References

    AD 56 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics