24 - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 24.

For the television series see 24 (television)

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

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

Years: 19 20 21 22 23 - 24 - 25 26 27 28 29

Events

• June Battle of Kunyang, After being sieged for 2 months, 9000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops, ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of Han Dynasty.
• Roman war against Numidia and Mauritania ends.
• End of the Masinissa line of the rulers of Carthage.
• Servius Cornelius Cethegus and Lucius Visellius Varro become consuls
• Charmides becomes Archon of Athens

Deaths

• Strabo, Roman geographer (approximate date)