53

Year 53 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Roman emperor Claudius removes Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis.
* Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marks a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the Senate.
* Nero marries Octavia.
* Claudius accepts Nero as his successor to the detriment of Britannicus, his son by his first wife, Messalina.

By topic

Religion

* Euodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.

Arts and Sciences

* Seneca writes the tragedy "Agamemnon", which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, "Medea" and "Œdipus".

Births

* September 18 — Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (98-117)
* Kanishka I, king of the Kush in India, protector of Buddhism
* Saturnin, Syrian theologian
* Domitia Longina, first wife of Roman Emperor Domitian

Deaths

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