Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Galba is a Roman praetor.

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus becomes a consul.

Asia

• First year of Dihuang era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Philo defines philosophy as the maidservant of theology.

Births

Deaths

• Hillel the Elder, Talmudic scholar, his school and teachings were the most influential in the Talmud.

• Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius. (b. 36 BC)

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