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| Years: 35 36 37 38 39 – 40 – 41 42 43 44 45 | |
| Decades: 10s 20s 30s – 40s – 50s 60s 70s | |
| Centuries: 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century | |
Events
- Christianity comes to Egypt as a church is founded in Alexandria. Mark the Evangelist founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
- Early Christian church erected at Corinth (most probable date).
- Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer Britain.
- German tribe Quadi begin settling in today Moravia and Slovakia.
- Noricum and Mauretania are incorporated into the Roman Empire.
Births
- Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician
- Frontinus, Roman general and military author
- Dio Chrysostom, Greek philosopher and historian
- July 13 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain
Deaths
- January – Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, husband of Agrippina the younger, brother-in-law of Caligula (dropsy).
- Ptolemy of Mauretania (executed by Caligula)
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