20 CE

Emperor Tiberius is forced to order an investigation and a public trial in the Roman Senate, for the murder of Germanicus. Fearing he will be found guilty, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso commits suicide. Galba, the future emperor, is a Roman praetor.

In the 20s, the 1st century.

Crime & Justice

  • Emperor Tiberius is forced to order an investigation and a public trial in the Roman Senate, for the murder of Germanicus. Fearing he will be found guilty, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso commits suicide.source

Culture & Society

  • Galba, the future emperor, is a Roman praetor.source

Deaths

  • Amanitore, Nubian Queen Regnant of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroësource
  • Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Roman statesman and governor of Syria (born 44 BC)source
  • Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius (born 36 BC)source