View source for AD 48

== Deaths ==
* [[Gaius Silius (consul designatus 49 AD)|Gaius Silius]], Roman politician (b. [[AD 13]])
* [[Minjung of Goguryeo|Minjung]], Korean ruler of [[Goguryeo]]<ref name=met48 />
* [[Mnester]], Roman [[pantomime]] actor
* [[Messalina|Valeria Messalina]], wife of [[Claudius]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chrystal |first1=Paul |title=Roman Women: The Women who influenced the History of Rome |date=2017 |publisher=Fonthill Media |page=101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAQkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP101 |language=en}}</ref>