AD 64 ( LXIV) was a

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of the

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, the 64th Year of 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 ...

designation, the 64th year of the 1st millennium, the 64th year of the 1st century, and the 4th year of the 7th decade. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Crassus (or, less frequently, year 817 ''

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

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* July 18- 27 – Great Fire of Rome: A fire begins which destroyed three of fourteen of the administrative regions of Rome, more commonly known as the Palatine hill, the Circus Maximus, and the Oppian hill. Also suffering severe damage were the Campus Martius and the Via Lata. * Persecution of Christians in Rome begins under Nero. Peter the Apostle is possibly among those crucified. * Nero proposes a new urban planning program based on the creation of buildings decorated with ornate porticos, the widening of the streets and the use of open spaces. This plan will not be applied until after his death in AD 68. *

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

sends a large sum of money to Rome to aid in the reconstruction. However, during the winter of AD 64– 65, Lyon suffers a catastrophic fire itself, and Nero reciprocates by sending money to Lyon.

Asia

* The Kushan sack the ancient town of

Taxila Taxila or Takshashila () is a city in the Pothohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and is just south of the ...

(in modern-day

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By topic

Religion

* First Epistle of Peter written from Babylon according to traditional Christian belief. * Paul leaves Titus in Crete as bishop (approximate date) Then goes to Asia Minor

Arts and sciences

* Seneca proclaims the equality of all men, including

slaves Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

Births

* September 13 – Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus and lover of his brother Domitian (d. AD 96) * Julia Agricola, daughter of Gnaeus Julius Agricola * Philo of Byblos, Phoenician historian and writer (d. 141)

Deaths

* October 13 — Peter the Apostle ( Margherita Guarducci, who led the research leading to the rediscovery of Peter's reputed tomb in 1963, concluded that Peter died on that date, shortly after the Great Fire of Rome and during the festivities to mark "dies imperii" of Emperor

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 ...

, and that Peter and other Christians were crucified in honor of the decennial of Nero's October 13, AD 54 ascension to the imperial throne.) Rainer Riesner, ''Paul's Early Period: Chronology, Mission Strategy, Theology'' (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1998) p65(b. 1 BC) * Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Roman consul (b. AD 16) *

Paul the Apostle Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Apostles in the New Testament, Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the Ministry of Jesus, teachings of Jesus in the Christianity in the 1st century, first ...

(earliest date) (b. AD 5) * Yin Lihua, Chinese empress (b. AD 5)

References

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