The world in 45 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

China (1)

• In the first month, pursuing to Buwei, they beheaded the leader of the Dongcan, and all the Southwestern Yi were pacified. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷043 (원문 단락 #3288, 45년))

West Asia (1)

• Under the governor Fadus, the magician Theudas leads a crowd claiming he will part the Jordan and is executed (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 20.97)

Egypt & North Africa (1)

• As proconsul he governed Africa for two years, restoring order to a province disturbed by internal strife and unrest among foreign peoples. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Galba 7)

Western Europe (2)

• Claudius crossed to Britain and subjected the Orcades islands to the Roman Empire. (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede HE 1.3)
• Vespasian, sent by Claudius, placed the Isle of Wight under Roman rule. (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede HE 1.3)

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