AD 59
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| Thai solar calendar | 601–602 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 185 or −196 or −968 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 186 or −195 or −967 |
AD 59 (medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- March 23 – Emperor Nero orders the murder of his mother Agrippina the Younger. He tries to kill her through a planned shipwreck, but when she survives, he has her executed and frames it as a suicide.
- auxiliaries.
- Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus retires from the Roman Senate. He openly shows his disgust at the behaviour of Nero regarding the murder of Agrippina.
- Rioting breaks out between the people of Pompeii and the people of Nuceria during a gladiator fight in Pompeii. Thousands are killed.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- In the Satyricon, Petronius pokes fun at Roman immorality.
- An eclipseon 30 April over North Africa is recorded by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History.
Religion
Deaths
- 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
- ^ New Testament, Acts 26.