49

Year 49 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina the Younger (approximate date).
* Seneca the Younger becomes Nero's tutor.
* Melankomas is the boxing champion at the 207th Olympic Games.
* Likely date for the expulsion of the Jews from Rome.
* Nero becomes engaged to Octavia, daughter of Claudius.
* Agrippina the Younger charges Octavia's first fiancé Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus with incest. He is brought before the Senate and sentenced to death.
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a "colonia" for Roman veterans at Camulodunum (Colchester). Verulamium (St Albans) is probably established as a "municipium" the same year. A legion is stationed on the borders of the Silures of South Wales in preparation for invasion.

By topic

Religion

* New Testament book Paul's Epistle to the Galatians is probably written.
* Christianity spreads into Europe, especially at Rome and at Philippi (probable date according to chronology derived from the "Acts of the Apostles").

Births

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Deaths

* Ma Yuan, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty (born 14 BC)