AD 76 (
LXXVI) was a
leap 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 Titus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 829 ''
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 76 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
* Emperors
Vespasianus Augustus and
Titus Caesar Vespasianus become
Roman Consuls.
* Governor
Sextus Julius Frontinus
Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube ...
subdues the
Silures
The Silures ( , ) were a powerful and warlike tribe or tribal confederation of ancient Britain, occupying what is now south east Wales and perhaps some adjoining areas. They were bordered to the north by the Ordovices; to the east by the Dobunn ...
and other hostile tribes of
Wales, establishing a
fortress
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
at
Caerleon or
Isca Augusta for
Legio II ''Augusta'', and makes a network of smaller forts for his
auxiliary forces.
China
* First year of ''Jianchu'' era of the Chinese
Han Dynasty.
By topic
Art and Science
* Chinese historian
Ban Gu
Ban Gu (AD32–92) was a Chinese historian, politician, and poet best known for his part in compiling the ''Book of Han'', the second of China's 24 dynastic histories. He also wrote a number of '' fu'', a major literary form, part prose ...
develops a theory of the origins of the universe.
Religion
*
Pope Anacletus I
Pope Anacletus (died ), also known as Cletus, was the bishop of Rome, following Peter and Linus. Anacletus served between and his death, . Cletus was a Roman who, during his tenure as pope, ordained a number of priests and is traditionally cred ...
succeeds
Pope Linus as the third pope of the Catholic Church (according to the official List of popes, Vatican list).
Births
* January 24 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. AD 138, 138)
Deaths
* Pope Linus, Linus, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
* Marcus Vettius Bolanus, Roman politician and governor (b. 33 AD)
* Nicanor the Deacon, Greek missionary and martyr
* Asconius Pedianus, Quintus Asconius Pedianus, Roman historian (b. 9 BC)
References
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