52 CE
Emperor Claudius attempts to control the Fucine Lake by digging a 5.6 km tunnel through Monte Salviano, requiring 30,000 workers and eleven years. Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel; the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East claim descent from him. The Yuejue Shu, the first known gazetteer of China, is written during the Han Dynasty.
In the 50s, the 1st century.
Conflict & Security
- Pliny the Elder writes his account of the German wars.source
Religion & Belief
- Ananias, a high priest in Jerusalem, is sent to Rome after being accused of violence.source
- Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel; the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East claim descent from him.source
- Barea Soranus is consul suffectus in Rome.source
Technology & Infrastructure
Health & Medicine
- In Rome, a law prohibits the execution of old and crippled slaves.source
Culture & Society
- The Yuejue Shu, the first known gazetteer of China, is written during the Han Dynasty.source
Deaths
- Guo Shengtong, Chinese empress of the Han Dynastysource
- Julia Iotapa, queen of Commagene (approximate date)source
- In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula dies while campaigning against the Silures of south Wales. Following his death, the Roman Second Legion are heavily defeated by the Silures. His replacement is Aulus Didius Gallus, who quells the rebellion and consolidates the gains the Romans have so far made, but does not seek new ones.source
- Publius Ostorius Scapula, Roman statesman and generalsource
- Gamaliel, Jewish leader (nasi) (approximate date)source