AD 53 (
LIII) was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the
Consulship of
Silanus and
Antonius (or, less frequently, year 806 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''). The denomination AD 53 for this year has been used since the early
medieval period, when the
Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
* Emperor
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...
removes
Herod Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of
Chalcis
Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...
in
Greece.
*
Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus and
Quintus Haterius Antoninus become
Roman consuls.
* Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial
procurators. This marks a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
.
*
June 9 –
Nero is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter
Claudia Octavia.
* Claudius accepts Nero as his successor, to the detriment of
Britannicus
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina. For a time he was considered his father's heir, but that ...
, his son by his first wife,
Valeria Messalina.
* Distinct fellowships within the reign of Centricles fall to the dominion of
Gaulic barbarians, which provoke an enclave uprising in the foothills of what are now the
Alps.
*
Cardiff is founded by
Aulus Didius Gallus.
Korea
*
Taejodae becomes ruler of the kingdom of
Goguryeo.
By topic
Religion
*
Evodius succeeds
Saint Peter as
Patriarch of Antioch.
Arts and sciences
*
Seneca writes the tragedy ''
Agamemnon'', which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, ''
Medea'' and ''
Edipus
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Oedipus was the mythical king of Thebes.
Oedipus may also refer to:
* Oedipus (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
Plays
* ''Oedipus Rex'', an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles
* ''Oedipus at Colonus'', an Athenian tragedy by Sophoc ...
''.
Births
*
September 18 –
Marcus Ulpius Traianus
Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presi ...
, Roman emperor (d.
117 117 may refer to:
*117 (number)
*AD 117
*117 BC
*117 (emergency telephone number)
*117 (MBTA bus)
* 117 (TFL bus)
*117 (New Jersey bus)
*''117°'', a 1998 album by Izzy Stradlin
*No. 117 (SPARTAN-II soldier ID), personal name John, the Master Chief ...
)
*
Domitia Longina
Domitia Longina ( 50–55 – 126–130s AD) was a Roman empress and wife to the Roman emperor Domitian. She was the youngest daughter of the general and consul Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Domitia divorced her first husband, Lucius Aelius Lamia P ...
, Roman empress (approximate date)
*
Kanishka I, Indian ruler of the
Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, i ...
(d.
150 150 may refer to:
*150 (number), a natural number
*AD 150, a year in the 2nd century AD
*150 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*150 Regiment RLC
*Combined Task Force 150
See also
* List of highways numbered 150
The following highways are numbered ...
)
Deaths
*
Mobon, Korean ruler of
Goguryeo
References
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