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23

Alternate uses, see 23 (number)

Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Decades: 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s - 20s - 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s

Years: 18 19 20 21 22 - 23 - 24 25 26 27 28

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.
• Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty royal family and leader of insurgents against the Xin Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang.
• Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate, after the death of Drusus Julius Caesar.
• Gaius Asinius Pollio, Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls

Births

• Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer

Deaths

• Drusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius, poisoned

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