The world in 32 AD — what happened that year

7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

When Guangwu himself marched against Wei Xiao, Dou Rong, Governor of Hexi, led the governors of five commanderies and met the imperial carriage at Gaoping. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武8年)
Lai Xi raided Lueyang, killed one of Wei Xiao's commanders and seized the city. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武8年)
Guangwu personally attacked the bandits of Yingchuan, and they all surrendered. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武8年)

Hodong urged the king to raid Nangnang; the Jamyeonggo drum of Nangnang had been torn, so Goguryeo troops reached the walls and forced its surrender. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷14 大武神王 15年) tradition

Born on 28 April, in the consulship of Camillus Arruntius and Domitius Ahenobarbus. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Otho 2)
From Capreae, crossing the strait toward Surrentum, he sails along the Campanian coast (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.1)
Soaring grain prices spark fierce demands against the emperor in the theater (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.13)