50s

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This article is about the years AD 50–59. For the years 50–59 in other centuries, see List of decades.
Not to be confused with 1850s, 1950s, or 2050s.
Eastern Hemisphere in AD 50.
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The 50s decade ran from January 1, 50, to December 31, 59. It was the sixth decade in the Anno Domini/Common Era, if the nine-year period from 1 AD to 9 AD is considered as a "decade".

Events

This section is transcluded from AD 50. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
South Asia[]
Americas[]

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Arts and sciences[]

This section is transcluded from AD 51. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Claudius and future emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus are Roman Consuls.
  • Burrus, praetorian prefect (51–62 AD), is charged by Seneca with the education of Nero.
  • In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeats Caratacus and the Silures in the territory of the Ordovices in central Wales. Caratacus seeks sanctuary with Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes in northern England, but she is a Roman ally and hands him over to Ostorius. Despite the defeat, the Silures continue to fight.
  • The captured Caratacus is exhibited in chains in Claudius' triumph in Rome, but his dignified demeanour persuades the emperor to spare his life and allow his family to live free in the capital for a short period of time.
Parthia[]

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Religion[]
  • Paul of Tarsus begins his second mission (approximate date).
  • The New Testament book 1 Thessalonians is written (possible date).
  • In the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul supports the separation of Christianity and Judaism.

This section is transcluded from AD 52. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Claudius attempts to control the Fucine Lake by digging a 5.6 km tunnel through Monte Salviano, requiring 30,000 workers and eleven years.
  • In Rome a law prohibits the execution of old and crippled slaves.
  • Ananias, a high priest in Jerusalem, is sent to Rome after being accused of violence.
  • Barea Soranus is consul suffectus in Rome.
  • Pliny the Elder writes his account of the German wars.
  • Tiridates I, brother of Vologases I, comes to power in Armenia as an adversary of the Romans.
  • In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula dies while campaigning against the Silures of south Wales. Following his death, the Roman Second Legion are heavily defeated by the Silures. His replacement is Aulus Didius Gallus, who quells the rebellion and consolidates the gains the Romans have so far made, but does not seek new ones.
China[]

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Religion[]
  • Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel; the Marthoma Church, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East claim descent from him.

This section is transcluded from AD 53. ( | )

By place[]

Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Claudius removes Herod Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis in Greece.
  • Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus and Quintus Haterius Antoninus become Roman consuls.
  • Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marks a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the Senate.
  • June 9 – Nero is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter Claudia Octavia.
  • Claudius accepts Nero as his successor, to the detriment of Britannicus, his son by his first wife, Valeria Messalina.
  • Distinct fellowships within the reign of Centricles[check spelling] fall to the dominion of Gaulic barbarians, which provoke an enclave uprising in the foothills of what are now the Alps.
  • Cardiff is founded by Aulus Didius Gallus.
Korea[]

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Religion[]
  • Evodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.
Arts and sciences[]
  • Seneca writes the tragedy Agamemnon, which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, Medea and Edipus.

This section is transcluded from AD 54. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
  • October 13 – Emperor Claudius dies, possibly after being poisoned by Agrippina, his wife and niece, and is succeeded by Nero.[3]
  • Nero attempts to prohibit the gladiatorial games.
  • Under Nero, Rome annexes Aden to protect the maritime route between Alexandria and Asia.
  • Two centurions are sent to the south of Egypt to find the source of the Nile, and possible new provinces. They report that while there are many cities in the desert, the area seems too poor to be worthy of conquest.
  • Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo arrives in the East and takes up an assignment as governor of Asia, with a secret brief from Nero and his chief ministers, Seneca and Burrus, to return Armenia to the Roman Empire.
  • Corbulo inspects, in Syria, a base of Legio X Fretensis at Cyrrhus; the Roman legionaries are demoralized by a "long peace". Many soldiers have sold their helmets and shields.
  • Corbulo recruits Syrian auxiliary units in the region and stations them in border forts, with orders from Nero not to provoke the Parthians.
  • Violence erupts in Caesarea regarding a local ordinance restricting the civil rights of Jews, creating clashes between Jews and pagans. The Roman garrison, made up of Syrians, takes the side of the pagans. The Jews, armed with clubs and swords, meet in the marketplace. The governor of Judea, Antonius Felix, orders his troops to charge. The violence continues and Felix asks Nero to arbitrate. Nero sides with the pagans, and relegates the Jews to second-class citizens. This decision does nothing but increase the Jews' anger.
  • In Britain, Venutius leads a revolt against his ex-wife Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes and a Roman ally. Governor Aulus Didius Gallus sends her military aid, and after some indecisive fighting a legion commanded by Caesius Nasica defeats the rebels (approximate date – some time between 52 and 57).
  • Winter – Domitius Corbulo marches his legions (Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X) into the mountains of Cappadocia and makes camp. He gives the men a harsh training, twenty-five-mile marches and weapons drills.
Judea[]

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Religion[]

This section is transcluded from AD 55. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Nero becomes a Roman Consul.
  • The Roman jurist Sabinus writes three books on the rights of citizens.

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Religion[]

This section is transcluded from AD 56. ( | )

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Asian Calendar[]
  • The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.[6]

This section is transcluded from AD 57. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
Asia[]
  • Emperor Guang Wu grants Nakoku (located around modern-day Fukuoka City) a golden seal, being the oldest evidence of writing in Japan. In return King Na sends an envoy to China.
  • March 29 – Guang Wu dies after a 32-year reign and is succeeded by his son Han Mingdi.[7]
  • Accession of King Talhae as Korean ruler of Silla.[8]

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Religion[]

This section is transcluded from AD 58. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Nero and Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus become Roman consuls.
  • The friendship between Nero and Marcus Salvius Otho ends when they both fall in love with Poppea Sabina, and Otho is sent to Lusitania as governor.
  • Agrippina the Younger is expelled from the imperial palace by her son Nero, who installs her in Villa Antonia in Misenum, and leaving more of the effective and real power of Empire in the hands of Nero.
  • Roman-Parthian War: Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, commander in the East, launches his Armenian offensive against Parthia. He leads a Roman army (four legions) through the mountainous country of Armenia, against the fortress at Volandum, to the southwest of Artaxata. After a siege of eight hours Corbulo takes the city; the legionnaires massacre the defenders and plunder Volandum to their hearts' content.
  • Corbulo marches to Artaxata crossing the Aras River; along the valley he is shadowed by tens of thousands of mounted Parthian archers led by king Tiridates I. The city opens its gates to Corbulo, just as it had to Germanicus four decades before. When he takes the 250-year-old Armenian capital, Corbulo gives the residents a few hours to collect their valuables and burns the city to the ground.
  • The Ficus Ruminalis begins to die (see Rumina).
  • Agrippina the Younger, conspired with the senators in late 58 to overthrow Nero.
  • Gnaeus Julius Agricola, 18 years old, is serving as a military tribune in Britain under Gaius Suetonius Paulinus and is attached to Legio II Augusta.
Europe[]
  • In Thuringia conflict between two Germanic tribes erupts over access to water.
  • Romans learn the use of soap from the Gauls (approximate date).
Asia[]
  • Emperor Ming of Han introduces Buddhism to China and in the western Indus Valley.
  • In China, sacrifices to Confucius are ordered in all government schools.[9]
  • Start of Yongping era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

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Religion[]
  • The apostle Paul returns to Jerusalem with the money he has collected to give the Christian community there. However, he is accused of defiling the temple, and is arrested and imprisoned in Caesarea. He then invokes his Roman citizenship and is sent to Rome to be judged.
  • Paul writes his Epistle to the Romans (approximate date).

This section is transcluded from AD 59. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]

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Arts and sciences[]
  • In the Satyricon, Petronius pokes fun at Roman immorality.
  • An eclipse on 30 April over North Africa is recorded by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History.
Religion[]
  • Paul the Apostle pleads his case and testifies to his Christianity before King Agrippa II of the Herodians, who responds "You almost persuade me to be a Christian."[10]

Significant people[]

Births[]

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  • Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)[12]

AD 57

AD 58

  • Juvenal, Roman poet and writer (approximate date)
  • Xu Shen, Chinese politician and writer (approximate date)


Deaths[]

Transcluding articles: AD 50, AD 51, AD 52, AD 53, AD 54, AD 55, AD 56, AD 57, AD 58, and AD 59

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AD 51

AD 52

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AD 56

  • Lucius Volusius Saturninus, Roman politician and governor[14]

AD 57

AD 58

AD 59

  • March 23 – Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero (b. AD 15)
  • Domitia Lepida the Elder, granddaughter of Mark Antony
  • Gnaeus Domitius Afer, Roman politician and orator
  • Servilius Nonianus, Roman consul and historian

References[]

  1. ^ Flavius Josephus, "Ant." xx. 5, § 4; "B. J." ii. 12, § 2.
  2. ^ a b "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "BBC - History - Claudius". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  4. ^ Cartwright, Mark (March 6, 2018). "The Roman-Parthian War 58-63 CE". World History Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Fontán, Antonio (2002). Humanismo y pervivencia del mundo clásico. Ediciones del Laberinto. p. 1284. ISBN 9788484831563.
  6. ^ Hing, Ming Hung (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. Algora Publishing. ISBN 9781628944181.
  7. ^ "Mingdi | emperor of Han dynasty". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
  10. ^ New Testament, Acts 26.
  11. ^ "Domitian | Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  12. ^ Tacitus (2018). The Histories and The Annals. e-artnow. ISBN 9788027244300.
  13. ^ "Ban Biao | Chinese official". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  14. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History VII.62
  15. ^ "Guangwudi | emperor of Han dynasty". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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