23

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23 is a year in the 1st century.

Years : 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Centuries: 1st Century BC · 1st century · 2nd century
Decades: 0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s
Years: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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[edit] Roman Empire

  • Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.
  • Tiberius' son Julius Caesar Drusus dies. From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure.
  • Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate and Tiberius, after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus.
  • Gaius Asinius Pollio, Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls

[edit] Asia

  • Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty royal family and leader of insurgents against the Xin Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang.
  • 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.

[edit] Births

  • Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer.

[edit] Deaths