The world in 52 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

A fight breaks out at the village of Gema between Galilean Jews heading to a festival and Samaritans, and a Galilean is killed (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews BJ 2.232–233)
The Syrian governor Quadratus says he will investigate, defers, goes to Caesarea and crucifies the captives (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews BJ 2.241–244)
When a Galilean pilgrim dies in Samaria the Jews burn a village, and the Syrian governor Quadratus intervenes and sends the case to Rome (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 20.122)
Claudius sends Felix, brother of Pallas, as governor of Judea (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 20.142)

He appointed the freedman Felix governor of the province of Judea. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Claudius 28)
A massive project to pierce the mountain between Lake Fucinus and the Liris river is completed and prepared as a spectacle (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 12.56)