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Calendar year
AD 52
(
LII
) was a
leap year starting on Saturday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
. At the time, it was known as the
Year of the
Consulship
of
Sulla
and
Otho
(or, less frequently,
year 805
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination AD 52 for this year has been used since the early
medieval period
, when the
Anno Domini
calendar era
became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
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By place
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Roman Empire
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- Emperor
Claudius
attempts to control the
Fucine Lake
by digging a 5.6 km
tunnel
through
Monte Salviano
, requiring 30,000 workers and eleven years.
- Claudius completes the
Aqua Claudia
and
Anio Novus
, two aqueduct projects started by
Caligula
[1]
- In
Rome
a
law
prohibits the execution of old and crippled
slaves
.
- Ananias
, a high priest in
Jerusalem
, is sent to
Rome
after being accused of violence.
- Barea Soranus
is
consul suffectus
in Rome.
- Pliny the Elder
writes his account of the German wars.
- Tiridates I
, brother of
Vologases I
, comes to power in
Armenia
as an adversary of the Romans.
- In
Britain
, governor
Publius Ostorius Scapula
dies while campaigning against the
Silures
of south
Wales
. Following his death, the Roman
Second Legion
are heavily defeated by the Silures. His replacement is
Aulus Didius Gallus
, who quells the rebellion and consolidates the gains the Romans have so far made, but does not seek new ones.
China
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By topic
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Religion
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Deaths
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References
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- ^
Stambaugh (1988), p. 130.
Bibliography
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- Stambaugh, John E. (1988).
The Ancient Roman City
. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
ISBN
0-8018-3574-7
.