AD 49 ( XLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...

. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longus and Veranius (or, less frequently, year 802 ''

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 49 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

Anno Domini The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "o ...

calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina the Younger (approximate date), and most of the real power falls to Agrippina. * Seneca the Younger becomes

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

's tutor. * Melankomas is the

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champion, at the 207th

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. * Likely date for the expulsion of the

Jews Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

from

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. *

becomes engaged to Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius. * Agrippina the Younger charges Octavia's first fiancé Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus with incest. He is brought before the Senate, and sentenced to death. * In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a '' colonia'' for Roman veterans at Camulodunum (

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). Verulamium ( St Albans) is probably established as a '' municipium'' the same year. A legion is stationed on the borders of the Silures of

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in preparation for invasion.

By topic

Religion

* First apostolic council in Jerusalem (approximate date) * The Apostle Paul begins his second missionary journey with Silas while Barnabas goes to Cyprus with Mark. * The

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book Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is probably written. *

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

spreads into

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, especially at

and at Philippi (probable date according to chronology derived from the ''

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of The gospel, its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make u ...

'').

Deaths

* Lollia Paulina, Roman noblewoman and empress (b. AD 15) * Ma Yuan, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty(b. 14 BC)

References

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