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67 CE

Linus succeeds Peter, as the second Bishop of Rome. Siege of Yodfat: Its 40,000 Jewish inhabitants are massacred. The historian Josephus, leader of the rebels in Galilee, is captured by the Romans. Vespasian is wounded in the foot by an arrow fired from the city wall. First Jewish–Roman War: Vespasian arrives in Ptolemais in Phoenicia along with the Legio X Fretensis and Legio V Macedonica, to put down the revolt.

Conflict & Security

  • Vespasian is joined by his son Titus, who brings Legio XV Apollinaris from Alexandria. By late spring the Roman army numbers more than 60,000 soldiers, including auxilia and troops of King Herod Agrippa II.source
  • The Jewish fortress of Gamla in the Golan falls to the Romans, and its inhabitants are massacred.source
  • Gaius Julius Vindex revolts, first in a series of revolts that lead to Nero's downfall.source
  • Siege of Yodfat: Its 40,000 Jewish inhabitants are massacred. The historian Josephus, leader of the rebels in Galilee, is captured by the Romans. Vespasian is wounded in the foot by an arrow fired from the city wall.source
  • First Jewish–Roman War: Vespasian arrives in Ptolemais in Phoenicia along with the Legio X Fretensis and Legio V Macedonica, to put down the revolt.source
  • Gaius Licinius Mucianus replaces Gaius Cestius Gallus as governor of Syria.source

Religion & Belief

  • Apostles Peter and Paul are martyred in Rome (possible date).source
  • Linus succeeds Peter, as the second Bishop of Rome.source

Crime & Justice

  • Nero, jealous of the success of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo in Armenia, orders that he be put to death. Corbulo literally "falls on his sword".source

Climate & Environment

  • Jewish leaders at Jerusalem are divided through a power struggle, and a brutal civil war erupts. The Zealots and the Sicarii execute anyone who tries to leave the city.source

Culture & Society

  • Nero travels to Greece, where he participates in the Olympic Games and other festivals.source

Births

  • Myeongnim Dap-bu, Korean prime minister (d. 179)source
  • Publius Juventius Celsus, Roman consul (d. 130)source

Deaths

  • Lucius Domitius Paris, Roman freedman and actorsource
  • Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman general (b. c. AD 7)source
  • Paulinus of Antioch, Roman bishop and martyrsource
  • Publius Anteius Rufus, Roman politiciansource
  • Cestius Gallus, Roman politician and governorsource
  • Publius Sulpicius Scribonius, Roman politiciansource
  • Paul the Apostle, Christian martyr (b. c. AD 5)source