The world in 58 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

Felix captures the bandit chief Eleazar and his band and deals with the false prophets who led crowds into the wilderness (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 20.160)
In Nero's third consulship year, Corbulo takes charge of the Armenian war (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.34)
With the support of his brother Vologeses, Tiridates openly plunders Armenia (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.37)
Corbulo marches the legions without baggage to Artaxata to try to blockade the city (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.41)

As quaestor, for ten years he governed provinces with moderation and justice. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Otho 3)
Corbulo besieges and takes an Armenian fortress (Volandum in the text) (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.39)
Poppaea Sabina becomes entangled with Nero through her affair with Otho (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.45)
Responding to popular demands against the greed of tax collectors, the question of abolishing indirect taxes is deliberated (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.50)

Nero, suspecting Sulla, exiles him to Massilia (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.47)
During a lull in Roman rule, the Frisii settle the empty land along the Rhine bank (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.54)
The Amsivarii take possession of that land (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.55)
A great battle between the Hermunduri and the Chatti over a river rich in salt (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 13.57)