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64 CE

27 – Great Fire of Rome: A fire begins which destroyed three of fourteen of the administrative regions of Rome, more commonly known as the Palatine Hill, the Circus Maximus, and the Oppian hill. Also suffering severe damage were the Campus Martius and the Via Lata. Seneca proclaims the equality of all men, including slaves. Persecution of Christians in Rome begins under Nero. Peter the Apostle is possibly among those crucified.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Seneca proclaims the equality of all men, including slaves.source

Conflict & Security

  • The Kushan sack the ancient town of Taxila (in modern-day Pakistan).source

Religion & Belief

  • Paul leaves Titus in Crete as bishop (approximate date) Then goes to Asia Minorsource
  • First Epistle of Peter written from Babylon according to traditional Christian belief.source
  • Persecution of Christians in Rome begins under Nero. Peter the Apostle is possibly among those crucified.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Nero proposes a new urban planning program based on the creation of buildings decorated with ornate porticos, the widening of the streets and the use of open spaces. This plan will not be applied until after his death in AD 68.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • July 18- 27 – Great Fire of Rome: A fire begins which destroyed three of fourteen of the administrative regions of Rome, more commonly known as the Palatine Hill, the Circus Maximus, and the Oppian hill. Also suffering severe damage were the Campus Martius and the Via Lata.source
  • Lyon sends a large sum of money to Rome to aid in the reconstruction. However, during the winter of AD 64–65, Lyon suffers a catastrophic fire itself, and Nero reciprocates by sending money to Lyon.source

Births

  • September 13 – Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus and lover of his brother Domitian (d. AD 96)source
  • Julia Agricola, daughter of Gnaeus Julius Agricolasource
  • Philo of Byblos, Phoenician historian and writer (d. 141)source

Deaths

  • October 13 — Peter the Apostle (Margherita Guarducci, who led the research leading to the rediscovery of Peter's reputed tomb in 1963, concluded that Peter died on that date, shortly after the Great Fire of Rome and during the festivities to mark "dies imperii" of Emperor Nero, and that Peter and other Christians were crucified in honor of the decennial of Nero's October 13, AD 54 ascension to the imperial throne.) (b. 1 BC)source
  • Yin Lihua, Chinese empress (b. AD 5)source
  • Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Roman consul (b. AD 16)source
  • Paul the Apostle (earliest date) (b. AD 5)source