The world in 57 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

China (3)

• Guangwu died in the front hall of the Southern Palace in Luoyang (aged 62). (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1下 光武帝紀下 中元2年)
• The Shaodang Qiang invaded Longxi and suffered a defeat of their troops at Yunjie. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷2 顯宗孝明帝紀 中元2年)
• On the second month, day wuxu, Emperor Guangwu died in the Southern Palace hall at the age of sixty-two. Every morning he had not rested from court audiences and scripture lectures, so the crown prince worried about his health. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷044 (원문 단락 #3374, 57년))

Korean Peninsula (1)

• In the sixth month Talhae ascended the throne and took Seok as his family name. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第一 第四脫解王) tradition

Western Europe (1)

• As military tribune he served in Germany and Britain and received many statues and honorary inscriptions. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Titus 4)

Same events recorded in this year

• Luoyang (57) — the same event in Book of the Later Han and Zizhi Tongjian

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