AD 28 (
XXVIII) was a
leap year starting on Thursday
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of the
Julian calendar
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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the
Consulship
The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...
of
Silanus and
Nerva
Nerva (; born Marcus Cocceius Nerva; 8 November 30 – 27 January 98) was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98. Nerva became emperor when aged almost 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the succeeding rulers of the Flavian dynast ...
(or, less frequently, year 781 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' (; 'from the founding of Rome, founding of the City'), or (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is ...
''). The denomination AD 28 for this year has been used since the early
medieval period
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, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Germania
* Roman legions in Germania are transported by fleet to the fortress of Flevum on the Rhine, to operate against the rebellious Frisians.
[Tacitus, The Annals s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 4#73, 4.73]
* The Frisians negotiate a treaty with the Roman Empire at the River Rhine, avoiding conquest.
Korea
* King Daru of Baekje succeeds to the throne of Baekje in the Korean peninsula.
Judea
* According to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:1-2), the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus begin at the earliest in this year, and more likely in AD 29.
[Colin Humphreys, ''The Mystery of the Last Supper'' Cambridge University Press 2011 , page 65]
Births
* June 15 – Emperor Ming of Han, Ming of Han, Chinese emperor (d. AD 75)
* Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa), Julia Berenice, Jewish client queen of Judea
* Silius Italicus, Roman consul and Epic poetry, epic poet
Deaths
* Onjo of Baekje, Korean king
References
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