AD 63

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Vespasian becomes governor of Africa.
• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is restored to command after the Roman debacle at the Battle of Rhandeia. He invades Armenia and defeats Tiridates I, who accepts Roman sovereignty. Parthia withdraws from the war.
• Pompeii, the city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, is heavily damaged by a strong earthquake. Fearing new earthquakes, many of the 20,000 inhabitants leave their homes in a panicked flight.

  By topic

Religion

• According to legend, Joseph of Arimathea goes to Glastonbury on the first Christian mission to Britain.

  Arts and sciences

• Aulus Cornelius Celsus writes a dictionary on the arts and sciences.

  Births

• Dou, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty

  Deaths

• Claudia Augusta, daughter of Nero
• Mark the Evangelist