57

Alternate uses, see Number 57

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Oldest evidence of Japanese writing (see Hanko)
• Envoys from Cilicia come to Rome to accuse their late governor, Cossutianus Captio, of extortion; the Roman Senate is supported in the case by Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.
• Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman consul.
• Paul of Tarsus writes his Epistle to the Colossians (probable date).
• Accession of Chinese emperor Han Mingdi,

• Chinese emperor Han Guangwudi of Han Dynasty