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33 is a year in the 1st century.
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[edit] Roman Empire
- Galba is a Roman Consul
- Tiberius founds a credit bank in Rome.
- A financial crisis hits Rome, due to poorly chosen fiscal policies. Land values plummet, and credit is increased. These actions lead to a lack of cash, a crisis of confidence, and much land speculation. The primary victims are senators, knights and the wealthy. Many aristocratic families are ruined.
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[edit] Religion
- The following Christian chronology uses traditional dates; 30 and 28 are also suggested as a date for these events, and are currently considered the likely dates.
- Traditionally, Christianity was founded on this date, since the "preparation period" for the Church Age was complete. The Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic denominations also claim founding on this date. Details of the beginning of the Christian Church are found in the Biblical book of Acts.
- Saint Peter became Pope (according to Roman Catholic tradition) (see 32)
[edit] Births
- Gaius Rubellius Plautus, son of Gaius Rubellius Blandus and Julia.
[edit] Deaths
- Gaius Asinius Gallus, widower of Vipsania Agrippina and potential lover of Agrippina the elder (starvation).
- Agrippina the Elder, wife of Germanicus (suicide by starvation)
- Nero Caesar (not to be confused with the Emperor Nero Caesar), son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive grandson of Tiberius (starvation).
- Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive son of Tiberius (starvation).
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, senator, consul 6, father-in-law of Drusus Caesar (natural causes)