- 79
Year 79 was a
common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .__NOTOC__Events
By place
Roman Empire
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June 23 -Titus succeeds his fatherVespasian as Roman emperor.
*August 24 -Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroyingPompeii andHerculaneum .
*Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous RomanColosseum .
*Gnaeus Julius Agricola entersScotland but is resisted by theCaledonia ns.
* To please the Senate, Titus exiles hisJewish mistress,Berenice of Cilicia .Asia
* In
China , a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works ofConfucius and his school.Births
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Emperor He of Han (d.106 )
*Ma Rong (d.166 )Deaths
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June 23 — Roman emperorVespasian
*August 24 —Pliny the Elder , Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
*September 23 —Pope Linus
*Caesius Bassus , Roman poet (killed byVesuvius eruption)
* Empress Ma
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