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30 CE

Agrippina the Elder (the wife of Germanicus) and two of her sons, Nero Julius Caesar and Drusus Caesar, are arrested and exiled on orders of Lucius Aelius Sejanus (the prefect of the Praetorian Guard), and later starved to death in suspicious circumstances. In Sejanus's purge of Agrippina the Elder and her family, her son Caligula, and her three daughters, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla are the only survivors. Velleius Paterculus writes the general history of the countries known in Antiquity. Phaedrus translates Aesop's fables, and composes some of his own.

Religion & Belief

  • Jesus is crucified in Jerusalem (possible date)source
  • Phaedrus translates Aesop's fables, and composes some of his own.source

Science & Discovery

  • Velleius Paterculus writes the general history of the countries known in Antiquity.source

Crime & Justice

  • Agrippina the Elder (the wife of Germanicus) and two of her sons, Nero Julius Caesar and Drusus Caesar, are arrested and exiled on orders of Lucius Aelius Sejanus (the prefect of the Praetorian Guard), and later starved to death in suspicious circumstances. In Sejanus's purge of Agrippina the Elder and her family, her son Caligula, and her three daughters, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla are the only survivors.source

Culture & Society

  • The Kushan Empire is founded (approximate date).source

Births

  • November 8 – Nerva, Roman emperor (d. AD 98)source
  • Quintus Petillius Cerialis, Roman generalsource
  • Poppaea Sabina, second wife of Nero (d. AD 65)source
  • Jia Kui, Chinese Confucian philosopher (d. AD 101)source
  • Mobon of Goguryeo, Korean king (d. AD 53)source