The world in 36 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

Wu Han beheaded Shi Xing, a general of Gongsun Shu, at Wuyang. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武12年)
Feng Jun took Jiangzhou and captured Tian Rong. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武12年)
Wu Han crushed Xie Feng, a general of Gongsun Shu, at Guangdu and beheaded him. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武12年)
Wu Han and Zang Gong crushed Gongsun Shu at Chengdu; Gongsun Shu, wounded, died that night, and Wu Han massacred the people of Chengdu. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武12年)
In the eleventh month, when Zhang Gong reached the city gate, on the day wuxu Gongsun Shu personally attacked the Han army with tens of thousands. Yan Cen won three times, but while the troops were weary, Han's Gao Wu pierced Shu's horse and unhorsed him. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷043 (원문 단락 #3193, 36년))

Vitellius goes up to Jerusalem at Passover, waives the tax on fruit and returns custody of the high priest's vestments (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 18.90-94)
Vitellius and the Parthian king Artabanus meet on a bridge over the Euphrates and make peace (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 18.101)
Herod Antipas's army is wiped out in battle with Aretas, which some see as punishment for killing John the Baptist (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 18.109)
When Artabanus flees, Vitellius incites Tiridates to march with legions and allied troops (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.37)
The powerful city of Seleucia shows the most conspicuous flattery (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.42)

At Puteoli Agrippa writes to Tiberius and obtains permission to visit Capreae (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 18.161)
In a carriage Agrippa wishes for Tiberius's early death and is chained after a freedman's accusation (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 18.168)
The Circus Maximus near the Aventine Hill and the Aventine district burn (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 6.45)