The world in 49 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

Ma Yuan and others crushed the Wuling Man at Linyuan; in the tenth month of winter, all the rebel Man surrendered. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下光武帝紀下建武25年)
He sent generals to raid Han's Beiping, Yuyang, Shanggu and Taiyuan. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷14 慕本王 2年)

Cassius escorts Meherdates to Zeugma on the Euphrates (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.12)
Crossing snow-covered mountains and the Tigris, he joins the forces of the Carenes (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.13)

The Senate legalizes the marriage of Claudius and Agrippina, and cheers erupt (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.7)
On the day of the wedding, Silanus kills himself (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.8)
A Parthian envoy appears before the Senate to request the return of Meherdates (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.10)
After capturing the city of Uspe, the question of massacring the captives arises, and an offer of 10,000 slaves is made (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.17)
Mithridates, escorted to Rome, speaks boldly before the emperor (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.21)

Mithridates of Bosporus, now a fugitive, gathers troops after learning the Roman army has withdrawn (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.15)