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AD 57 (LVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (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 810 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 57 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

  • Envoys from Cilicia come to Rome to accuse their late governor, Cossutianus Captio, of extortion; the Roman Senate is supported in the case by Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.
  • Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman consul.
  • In Britain, Quintus Veranius Nepos becomes governor in place of Aulus Didius Gallus. He begins a campaign against the Silures of south Wales.
  • Also in Britain Venutius begins his rebellion against his wife Cartimandua.

    • Asia

  • The Chinese emperor grants the king of Nakoku a golden seal, being the oldest evidence of writing in Japan. In return the king sent an envoy to China.
  • Accession of Chinese emperor Han Mingdi.
  • Accession of the Silla king Talhae.

    • Religion

  • Paul of Tarsus writes his Second Epistle to the Corinthians and his Epistle to the Romans (probable date).

    • Births

  • Emperor Zhang of Han (d. AD 88)

    • Deaths

  • March 29 – Emperor Guangwu of Han (b. 5 BC)
  • King Yuri of Silla

    • References

    AD 57 Wikipedia
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