53

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Year '53' was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Religion

Arts and Sciences

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ Roman emperor Claudius removes Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis.

★ Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marked a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the Senate.

★ Nero marries Octavia.

★ Claudius accepts Nero as his successor to the detriment of Britannicus, his son by his first wife, Messalina.

By topic

Religion

★ Euodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.

Arts and Sciences

★ Seneca writes the tragedy ''Agamemnon'', which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, ''Medea'' and ''Œdipus''.

Births

★ September 18 — Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (98-117)

★ Kanishka I, king of the Kush in India, protector of Buddhism.

★ Saturnin, Syrian theologian.

★ Domitia Longina, first wife of Roman Emperor Domitian.

Deaths

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