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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Rat庚子(at the beginning of Earth Pig己亥)

Syria: 351/352 ( year in October )

Events

  • Emperor Caligula is the third time consul of the Roman Empire and occupied the same position without colleagues. Laecanius Gaius Terentius Bassus and Qintus Culleo are Suffektkonsuln.
  • Caligula invites Ptolemy, king of the Roman vassal state of Mauritania, to Rome and leaves him murdered there in order to get to his riches. Mauritania became a Roman province.

Born

Exact date of birth unknown

  • Iulia Drusilla, daughter of the Emperor Caligula († 41)
  • Lucius Licinius Sura, Roman politician ( † btw 110 and 113)
  • Ma, Chinese Empress († 79)

Born around 40

  • Publius Papinius Statius, Roman poet († to 96)
  • Sextus Julius Frontinus, Roman politician ( † 103)
  • Titus Petronius Secundus, Prefect of Egypt and Praetorian prefect († 97)
  • Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, Roman politician ( † 65)

Died

  • Cunobelinus, king of the Celtic tribe of Catuvellani
  • Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman politician, father of Nero
  • Ptolemy, the last king of Mauretania (c. 6 BC )
  • 40: Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera, a Roman soldier (c. 22 BC)
  • 40: Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Roman politician (c. 24 BC)
40 (number) April 2014 List of centuries 2nd century BC 3rd century 10s 80s 45 Vikram Samvat Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Olympiad Roman consul 62 July 13 Gnaeus Julius Agricola 93 Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula) Empress Ma (Han dynasty) Cunobeline Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)
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