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Year '''41''' was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. |
Year '''41''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. |
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==Events== |
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Revision as of 06:04, 24 April 2009
Template:Year nav 1st century CE Template:Otheruses-number Template:C1YearInTopic Year 41 (XLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Consuls are the emperor Caligula and Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus.
- January 24 — Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
- January 24 — Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Emperor.
- January 25 — After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Emperor by the Senate.
- Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea.
- Messalina, wife of Claudius, persuades Claudius to have Seneca the Younger banished to Corsica on a charge of adultery with Julia Livilla.
- Claudius restores religious freedom to Jews throughout the empire, but prohibits Jews in Rome from proselytising.
- An attack across the Rhine by the Germans is stopped by the Romans.
Asia
- Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty deposes his wife, Guo Shentong, as empress, and creates his consort Yin Lihua empress in her place.
By Topic
Religion
- The disciples of Jesus form communities after the Diaspora, especially in Damascus and Antioch. For the first time they are called Christians.
- The timely death of Caligula saves the Jewish people from being punished for resisting that sociopathic emperor's orders to worship his statue in the Temple of Jerusalem.
Births
- Martial, Latin poet (possible birthdate)
- February 12 — Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, son of Claudius and Messalina
Deaths
- January 24 — Caligula, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
- January 24 — Julia Drusilla, daughter of Caligula (assassinated)
- End of the year — Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus, niece of Claudius, starved to death in her exile