AD 7

AD 7 was a

• Illyrian tribes in Pannonia and Dalmatia continue the Great Illyrian Revolt against Roman rule.^[1]
• Publius Quinctilius Varus is appointed governor of Germania, charged with organizing Germania between the Rhine and Elbe rivers. He carries out a census, devises tributes and recruits soldiers, all of which creates dissension among the Germanic tribes.
• Abgarus of Edessa is deposed as king of Osroene
  .
• Construction of the Temple of Concord begins.

China

• Zhai Yi, Governor of the Commandery of Dong (modern
  Emperor Ruzi of Han
  .
• Wang Mang puts down the rebellion during the winter. Zhai is captured and executed while Liu Xin escapes.

Persia

• Vonones I becomes ruler of the Parthian Empire (approximate date).

Africa

• The epoch of the Ethiopian calendar begins.

Births

• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman general (d. AD 67)
• Julia, daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla (d. AD 43
  )

• Athenodoros Cananites, Stoic philosopher (b. 74 BC
  )
• Aulus Licinius Nerva Silianus, Roman consul
• Glaphyra, daughter of Archelaus of Cappadocia (approximate date)
• Lucius Sempronius Atratinus
  , Roman politician

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