79 AD - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 79.

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

Decades: 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s

Years: 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

Events

• June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
• August 24, beginning of eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum
• Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.

Births

• January 17 Roman Emperor Hadrian

Deaths

• June 23 - Roman emperor Vespasian
• August 24 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
• Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)