79

Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
* August 24 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
* Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
* Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.
* To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.

Asia

* In China, a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of Confucius and his school.

Births

* Emperor He of Han (d. 106)
* Ma Rong (d. 166)

Deaths

* June 23 — Roman emperor Vespasian
* August 24 — Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
* September 23 — Pope Linus
* Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
* Empress Ma