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| Year '''23''' (''']''') was a ] (link will display the full calendar) of the ]. | Year '''23''' (''']''') was a ] (link will display the full calendar) of the ]. | ||
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| ==Events== | |||
| ===By place=== | |||
| ====Roman Empire==== | |||
| * ] ] ] publishes ''Geography'', a work covering the world known to the ] and ] at the time of Emperor ] - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world. | |||
| * ]' son ] dies. From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure. | |||
| * ] begins to dominate the ] and ], after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus. | |||
| * ] and Gaius Antistius Vetus become ]. | |||
| ====Asia==== | |||
| *], a descendant of the ] royal family and leader of insurgents against the ], proclaims himself emperor against ]. | |||
| * June — After being sieged for 2 months, over 9,000 insurgents under ] defeat 450,000 of ]'s troops in the ], ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of the ] in China. | |||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *], Roman scientist and writer | *], Roman scientist and writer | ||
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- This article is about the year AD 23. For other uses, see 23 (number), 23 (numerology), or 23 (disambiguation).
Template:Year nav 1st century CE Template:C1YearInTopic Year 23 (XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Births
- Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer
Deaths
- 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)
- Liu Xin, Chinese astronomer
- Liu Yan, Chinese general
- Empress Wang (b. 8 BC)
- Juba II, King of Mauretania