46 CE A large famine occurred across Syria, recorded by Orosius, Suetonius, Tacitus and Josephus, due to bad harvests. The settlement at Celje gets municipal rights, and is named municipium Claudia Celeia. A drought and an invasion of locusts hit the Mongolian steppes, causing a famine and a revolt at Xiongnu.
In the 40s , the 1st century .
The settlement at Celje gets municipal rights, and is named municipium Claudia Celeia.source After the death of its king, Thracia becomes a Roman province.source Dobruja is annexed into Roman Moesia.source Rome and its northeast border are reunited by the Danube Road.source A census shows that there are more than 6,000,000 Roman citizens.source A large famine occurred across Syria, recorded by Orosius, Suetonius, Tacitus and Josephus, due to bad harvests.source A drought and an invasion of locusts hit the Mongolian steppes, causing a famine and a revolt at Xiongnu.source Births Plutarch, Greek historian and biographer (approximate date)source Deaths Servius Asinius Celer, Roman politician (executed)source Marcus Vinicius, Roman consul and governor (born c. 5 BC)source Rhoemetalces III, Roman client king of Thrace (murdered)source Nearby 40–49 11 of 11 sourced entries shown. Every line above is quoted from the revision linked beside it, which is 40s on English Wikipedia, revision 1373289291, retrieved 2026-09-06. Nothing on this page is written by us and nothing is generated: the sentences are the source’s own, so a claim you doubt can be checked against the exact revision it came from. Text is reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 .