AD 50

The world in 50

AD 50 (L) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time it was known in Europe as the Year of the Consulship of Vetus and Nerullinus (or, less frequently, year 803 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 50 for this year has been used since the Early Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

AD 50 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 50 L
Ab urbe condita	803
Assyrian calendar	4800
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−544 – −543
Berber calendar	1000
Buddhist calendar	594
Burmese calendar	−588
Byzantine calendar	5558–5559
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2747 or 2540     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2748 or 2541
Coptic calendar	−234 – −233
Discordian calendar	1216
Ethiopian calendar	42–43
Hebrew calendar	3810–3811
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	106–107
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3150–3151
Holocene calendar	10050
Iranian calendar	572 BP – 571 BP
Islamic calendar	590 BH – 589 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 50 L
Korean calendar	2383
Minguo calendar	1862 before ROC 民前1862年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1418
Seleucid era	361/362 AG
Thai solar calendar	592–593
Tibetan calendar	ས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Bird) 176 or −205 or −977     — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Iron-Dog) 177 or −204 or −976

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Cologne is raised to the status of a city.
• Utrecht is founded, and a Roman fortification (castellum) is constructed at the Rhine border in the present-day Netherlands.
• Claudius adopts Nero.
• In Judaea, a Roman soldier seizes and burns a Torah scroll. Procurator Cumanus has the culprit beheaded, calming down the Jews and delaying for almost two decades the outbreak of their revolt.
• In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula begins his campaign against the recalcitrant Silures of south Wales, who are led by the former Catuvellaunian prince Caratacus. London (Londinium), Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum), Tripontium (near modern Rugby) and the fort of Manduessedum (near modern Atherstone) are founded (approximate date).
• Roman emperor Claudius appoints Agrippa II governor of Chalcis.
• Romans build a wooden bridge across the Thames in the London area.

South Asia

• The Yuezhi tribes are united under the Kushan leader Kujula Kadphises, thus creating the Kushan Empire in Afghanistan and northern India. (approximate date

Americas

• The San Bartolo pyramid is completed around this time.

By topic

Religion

• Paul travels to Philippi, Thessaloniki, Beroea, and Athens (second missionary journey).
• Christianity is introduced throughout Nubia by a high official of Queen Judith.
• The Epistle to the Romans is written (approximate date).
• The Apostles hold the Council of Jerusalem (approximate date).

Arts and sciences

• Hero of Alexandria invents a steam turbine (possible date).
• Pamphilus of Alexandria writes a poetic lexicon.
• Pedanius Dioscorides describes the medical applications of plants in De Materia Medica.
• Diogenes, the Greek explorer, discovers the African Great Lakes.
• The distinction between chronic maladies and acute illnesses is made by Thessalos.

Births

• Cai Lun, Chinese inventor of paper and the papermaking process (d. 121)

Deaths

• Abgar V, Roman client king of Osroene (approximate date)
• Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman author of De Medicina (b. c. 25 BC)
• Gamaliel the Elder, Jewish ruler (Nasi) in Babylonia (approximate date)
• Gaius Julius Phaedrus, Roman fabulist (b. c. 15 BC)
• Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosopher (b. c. 20 BC)
• Scribonius Largus, Roman court physician (b. c. AD 1)