AD 47

AD 47 (XLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Vitellius (or, less frequently, year 800 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 47 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Claudius revives the censorship and ludi saeculares, and organises the order of the Haruspices, with 60 members.
• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is made commander of the Roman army in Germania Inferior. He conquers the Chauci and fights against the Cherusci and Frisians.
• Cauci pirates led by the Roman deserter Gannascus ravage the Gallic coast; Corbulo uses the Rhine fleet against them. The Frisian revolt is suppressed.
• Publius Ostorius Scapula replaces Aulus Plautius as governor of Britain. The south-east of the island is now a Roman province, while certain states on the south coast are ruled as a nominally independent client kingdom by Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, whose seat is probably at Fishbourne near Chichester. Ostorius immediately faces incursions from unconquered areas, which he puts down.
• Corbulo orders the construction of the canal Fossa Corbulonis, between the Rhine and Meuse in the Netherlands, which connects the city Forum Hadriani (Voorburg).
• Romans build the Traiectum fortification near the mouth of the Rhine, which will later grow to be the city of Utrecht.
• Claudius founds the city Forum Claudii Vallensium (modern Martigny) in the Alpes Poeninae (Switzerland).

By topic

Religion

• Ananias becomes high priest in Judaea.
• Paul starts his evangelistic work (first missionary journey), accompanied by Barnabas and Mark (possible date).

Births

• Taejodae, Korean ruler of Goguryeo (d. 165)

Deaths

• Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, Roman politician and consul
• Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus, Roman consul
• Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Roman nobleman
• Quintus Sanquinius Maximus, Roman politician
• Vardanes I, king of the Parthian Empire