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This article is about the year 53. For other uses, see 53 (number).

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Roman emperor Claudius removes Agrippa II from the tetrarchy of Chalcis.
• Claudius secures a Senatorial decree which gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marked a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the Senate.
• Nero marries Octavia.
• Claudius axccepts Nero as his successor to the detriment of Britannicus, his son by his first wife, Messalina.

By topic

Religion

• Euodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.

Arts and Sciences

• Seneca writes the tragedy Agamemnon, which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, Media and Œdipus.

Births

• September 18 - Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman emperor (98-117)
• Kanishka I, king of the Kush in India, protector of Buddhism.
• Saturnin, Syrian theologian.

Deaths

 

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