AD 6
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Thai solar calendar | 548–549 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 132 or −249 or −1021 — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 133 or −248 or −1020 |
6 was a
medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era
became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Due to a catastrophic fire in Rome, the barracks system - the vigiles, initially manned only by freedmen - is created by the Princeps Augustus to allow quicker response to outbreaks of fire in the city.[1]
- Due to a food shortage in Rome, Augustus doubles the grain rations distributed to the people, sends away his slave retinue, and places the senate in recess indefinitely.[2]
- The sestertii), with the specific purpose of paying bonuses to retiring legion veterans. This is financed by a 5% tax on inheritances, a system said to have been suggested in Julius Caesar's memoirs.[3]
- The Temple of Castor and Pollux is rededicated in Rome to Tiberius.
- A pamphletting campaign in Rome is quashed by the Princeps Augustus. Publius Plautius Rufus is accused but found innocent of the crime.[4]
- Planasia.
- Tiberius makes Carnuntum his base of operations against Maroboduus; The Roman legion XX Valeria Victrix fight with Tiberius against the Marcomanni.[5]
- The building of a Roman fort signifies the origin of the city of Wiesbaden.
- The Illyrian tribes in
- Troops are levied in Rome to send to Illyricum from freedmen and slaves freed specifically for the purpose.[6]
- Tiberius marches back from the northern border to Illyricum to commence operations against the Illyrians.[7][8]
- Gaius
- Isaurians in Pamphylia.[11]
- provinces.
- Quirinius conducts a Zealotmovement, the members of which regard the God of Judaism as their only master.
China
- January – Some Chinese fear for the life of the young, ailing Emperor Ping Di as the planet Mars disappears behind the moon this month.[12]
- February 3 – The boy emperor, Ping Di, dies of unexpected causes at age 14; Wang Mang alone selects the new emperor, Ruzi Ying, age 2,[12] starting the Jushe era of the Han dynasty.
- Candidates for government office must take civil-service examinations.
- The imperial Liu clan suspects the intentions of Wang Mang and foment agrarian rebellions during the course of Ruzi Ying's reign. The first of these is led by Liu Chong, Marquess of Ang-Zong (a/k/a Marquis of An-chung), with a small force starting in May or June.[12]
Births
- Gaius Manlius Valens, Roman senator and consul (d. AD 96)
- John the Apostle, Jewish Christian mystic (approximate date)[citation needed]
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman politician (d. AD 39)
- Milonia Caesonia, Roman empress (d. AD 41)
- Nero Julius Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. AD 30)
Deaths
- February 3 – Ping, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 9 BC)
- Cleopatra Selene II, Egyptian ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya (b. 40 BC)
- Orodes III, king (shah) of the Parthian Empire
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 98 BC)
References
- ^ Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 26.
- ^ Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 26-27.
- ^ Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 25.
- ^ a b Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 27.
- ^ a b Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 29.
- ^ a b Velleius Paterculus, Book 2, Ch 110.
- ^ Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 30.
- ^ Velleius Paterculus, Book 2, Ch 111.
- ^ Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 25-30.
- ^ Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Tiberius, ch 9 & ch 16.
- ^ Cassius Dio, The Roman Histories, Book 55, ch 28.
- ^ a b c Klingaman 1990.
Sources
- Klingaman, William K. (1990). The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0785822561.