Biography 49
Year 49 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full
calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
ˇ Emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina the Younger (approximate
date).
ˇ Seneca the Younger becomes Nero's tutor.
ˇ Melankomas is the boxing champion at the 207th Olympic Games.
ˇ Likely date for the expulsion of the Jews from Rome.
ˇ Nero becomes engaged to Octavia, daughter of Claudius.
ˇ Agrippina the Younger charges Octavia's first fiancé Lucius Junius
Silanus Torquatus with incest. He is brought before the Senate and
sentenced to death.
ˇ In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a colonia for
Roman veterans at Camulodunum (Colchester). Verulamium (St Albans) is
probably established as a municipium the same year. A legion is stationed
on the borders of the Silures of South Wales in preparation for inv
Discography
Melk the G6-49
Mene Mene Tekel Parsin
