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This article is about the year AD 23. For other uses, see 23 (number), 23 (numerology), or 23 (disambiguation).

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.
Lucius Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate and Tiberius, after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus.
Gaius Asinius Pollio and Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls.

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 — After being sieged for 2 months, more than 9,000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops in the Battle of Kunyang, ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of the Han Dynasty in China.

June 15 — Maka Dan-Dang, daughter of Maka Na-Zhen, the first person recorded to be strangled by the trunk of an elephant
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 (b. 45 BC)