The world in 35 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

China (2)

• Cen Peng crushed Gongsun Shu's generals Tian Rong and Ren Man at Jingmen and captured Ren Man. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下 光武帝紀下 建武11年)
• Lai Xi and Ma Cheng crushed Wang Yuan and Huan An of Gongsun Shu at Xiabian, but Huan An sent assassins who killed Lai Xi. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下 光武帝紀下 建武11年)

West Asia (3)

• When Samaritans gather to see the sacred vessels on Mount Gerizim Pilate massacres them, and afterward Vitellius sends Pilate to Rome (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 18.85)
• Mithridates persuades the Iberian king Pharasmanes to target Armenia by guile and force (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.33)
• Sarmatian mercenaries join in, and a great battle breaks out in Armenia (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.35)

Egypt & North Africa (1)

• As quaestor he was assigned Crete and Cyrene by lot. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Vespasian 2)

Southern Europe (1)

• Parthian nobles come to Rome secretly, without King Artabanus knowing (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.31)

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