a Augustus with his son Tiberius taking the census at Rome, he found 9,370,000 men.
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c Into Herod's place Archelaus is substituted by Augustus, and his four brothers are made Tetrarchs: Herod, Antipater, Lysias, and Philip. 56 b Sotio the Alexandrian philosopher, the tutor of Seneca is considered important. (*) 9 13
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c Archelaus, in the 9th year of his reign, is banished to the Gallic city of Vienne. Of the Jews, Herod the Tetrarch holds the principate for 24 years
d So great a famine happens at Rome, that five modii are sold for 27½ denarii . d An eclipse of the sun happened, and Augustus dies in his 76th year, in Atella in Campania, and is buried at Rome in the Campus Martius. (*)
49 e Philisthion the mime playwright, a Magnesian by birth, is considered important at Rome. * 2 6
50 f Tiberius Caesar drives back the Dalmatians and Sarmatians into Roman authority. 3 7 3rd of the Romans, Tiberius reigned for 23 years
2030 1 e The orator Gaius Asinius Gallus, son of Asinius Pollio, whom even Vergil mentions, is put to death with fearful tortures by Tiberius. * 1 14
51 g Athenodorus of Tarsus the Stoic philosopher, and M. Verrius Flaccus the grammatician, are considered notable. (*) 4 8 2 2 15
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52 h The Athenians, revolting against the Romans, are crushed, the authors of the rebellion slain. 5 9 4 f T. Livius the historian dies in Patavi. 4 17
53 6 10 g Ovid the poet died in exile, and is interred near the town of Tomi. *
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55 i Two years before Messala Corvinus the orator died, he had so 8 12 h Germanicus Caesar celebrates a triumph over the Parthians.
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5 a Thirteen cities were levelled in an earthquake: Ephesus, Magnesia, Sardis, Mosthene, Aegae, Hierocaesarea, Philadelphia, Tmolus, Temnus, Cymae, Myrhina, Apollonia Dia, and Hyrcania. 5 18 Paneas, in which he had constructed many buildings, Caesarea Philippi, and another city Julias.
13 a Pilate is sent as procurator of Judaea by Tiberius. * 13 26
6 b Fenestella, a writer of histories and songs, dies a septuagenarian, and is buried in Cumae. * 6 19 14 b Votienus Montanus of Narbonne the orator dies in the Balearic islands, having been banished there by Tiberius. 14 27
7 c Tiberius, by blandishments, having summoned to himself many kings, never returned them: among these was Archelaus of Cappadocia; after his kingdom had been turned into a province, he (Tiberius) ordered its most noble city Mazaca to be called Caesarea. * 7 20 15 c Herod founded Tiberias, and Livias. 15 28
d John the son of Zechariah, preaching in the desert by the Jordan River, bears witness that Christ, the son of God, is present in their midst. Also the Lord Jesus Christ himself announces the way of salvation to all people, proving by signs and wonders that the things that he said were true.
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8 d The theatre of Pompey burned down. 8 21