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23
From Encyclopedia Jr, free information reference for Kids
- This article is about the year 23. For other uses, see 23 (number).
| 23 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
23 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
23
XXIII |
| Ab urbe condita |
776 |
| Armenian calendar |
N/A |
| Chinese calendar |
2719 – 2720
壬午 – 癸未 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
15 – 16 |
| Hebrew calendar |
3783 – 3784 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
78 – 79 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
N/A |
| - Kali Yuga |
3124 – 3125 |
| Iranian calendar |
599 BP – 598 BP |
| Islamic calendar |
618 BH – 617 BH |
Events
By place
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
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.
Births
- Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer.
Deaths
- September 14 - Drusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius, poisoned.
- October 6 - Wang Mang, "usurper" of the throne of the Han Dynasty and Emperor of the Xin Dynasty.
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