The world in 51 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

West Asia (2)

• Radamistus approaches his father-in-law and uncle Mithridates with oaths, and then betrays him (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.47)
• Vologeses seizes the chance to invade Armenia (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.50)

Southern Europe (2)

• During a period of several years of bad harvests and grain shortage, he was reviled by the crowd in the middle of the Forum and pelted with pieces of bread. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Claudius 19)
• Born in the sixth district of Rome on 24 October; his father was consul-elect. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Domitian 1)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Funan appears
• ◆ Xiongnu appears
• ◆ Trưng sisters ends
• ◆ Kushan Empire takes 126,900 km² of former Indo-Scythian Kingdom land
• ◆ Indo-Scythian Kingdom loses 126,900 km² to Kushan Empire

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