47

: "For the Hitman game series, see: Agent 47."Year 47 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Consuls are the emperor Claudius and Lucius Vitellius.
* Romans build the "Traiectum" fortification near the mouth of the Rhine, that will later grow to be the city of Utrecht.
* Pliny the Elder sees military service in Germany.
* Publius Ostorius Scapula becomes governor of Britain, in place of Aulus Plautius. The south-east of the island is now a Roman province, while certain states on the south coast are ruled as a nominally independent client kingdom by Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, whose seat is probably at Fishbourne near Chichester. Ostorius immediately faces incursions from unconquered areas, which he puts down.
* The Romans conquer the Chauci and fight against the Frisians.
* Claudius revives the censorship and "ludi saeculares".
* Claudius organises the order of the Haruspices with 60 members.
* Musselburgh is founded in Britain.

By topic

Religion

* Ananias becomes high priest in Judaea.
* Paul starts his evangelical work.

Births

Deaths

* Vardanes I, Arsacid king of Parthia