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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Dog庚戌(at the beginning of earth -Hahn己酉)

Syria: 361/362 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Roman Empire

  • Gaius Antistius Vetus is perennial consul.
  • The Britannic king Caratacus loses a decisive battle against the Romans at Caer Caradoc.
  • Cologne receives city rights and Colonia Claudia Ara Roman colony Agrippinensium.
  • Pliny the Elder ( Roman naturalist ) visited the North Sea coast and writes a report in which he stated, inter alia, the island Burchana. The report is preserved only in fragments.

Mesoamerica

  • The Mayan cities of El Mirador and enter the Cerros from the Preclassic period to around 50 AD.

Religion

  • Foundation of the Christian community in Corinth by Paul of Tarsus. (according to other sources in the year 51)

Nature and Environment

  • 50: The medicinal plant Silphium dies out.

Historic maps and views

Died

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