39 - Definition and Overview

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Events

• Tigellinus, minister and favorite of the later Roman emperor Nero, is banished for adultery with Caligula's sisters.
• Domitius Afer secures a consulship.
• Caligula is also a consul.
• Agrippa I, king of Judea, is recalled to Rome.
• Legio XV Primigeneia and Legio XXII Primigeneia are levied by Caligula for the German frontier.
• The Trung Sisters resist the Chinese influences in Vietnam.

Births

• November 3 - Lucan, Roman poet
• December 30 - Titus Flavius, Roman emperor (79-81)
• Julia Drusilla, daughter of current Roman Emperor Caligula.
• Britannicus, son of later Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina.

Deaths

• Seneca the Elder, Roman rhetorician