The Pannonians conquered by Tiberius 12 Some of the German nations conquered by Drusus 11 Augustus corrects the calendar, by ordering the 12 ensuing years to be without intercalation. About this time flourished Damascenus, Hyginus, Flaccus the grammarian, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Dionysius the geographer 8 Tiberius retires to Rhodes for seven years 6 Our Saviour is born, four years before the vulgar era, in the year 4709 of the Julian period, A.U.C. 749, and the fourth of the 193rd Olympiad 4 A.D. Tiberius returns to Rome 2 The leap year corrected, having formerly been every third year 4 Ovid banished to Tomos 9 Varus defeated and killed in Germany by Arminius 10 Augustus dies at Nola, August 19th, and is succeeded by Tiberius. The age of Phædrus, Asinius Gallus, Velleius Paterculus, Germanicus, Cornel. Celsus, &c. 14 Twelve cities in Asia destroyed by an earthquake 17 Germanicus, poisoned by Piso, dies at Antioch 19 Tiberius goes to Capreæ 26 Sejanus disgraced 31 Our Saviour crucified, Friday, April 3rd. _This is put four years earlier by some chronologists_ 33 St. Paul converted to Christianity 35 Tiberius dies at Misenum, near Baiæ, March 16th, and is succeeded by Caligula. About this time flourished Valerius Maximus, Columella, Pomponius Mela, Appion, Philo Judæus, Artabanus, and Agrippina 37 St. Matthew writes his Gospel 39 The name of christians first given, at Antioch, to the followers of our Saviour 40 Caligula murdered by Chæreas, and succeeded by Claudius 41 The expedition of Claudius into Britain 43 St. Mark writes his Gospel 44 Secular games celebrated at Rome 47 Caractacus carried in chains to Rome 51 Claudius succeeded by Nero 54 Agrippina put to death by her son Nero 59 First persecution against the christians 64 Seneca, Lucan, and others put to death 65 Nero visits Greece. The Jewish war begins. The age of Persius, Quintus Curtius, Pliny the elder, Josephus, Frontinus, Burrhus, Corbulo, Thrasea, Boadicea, &c. 66