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Events

By place

Roman Empire

• June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
• August 24, beginning of eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum
• Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.
• To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Bernice.

Asia

• In China, a commission of scholars canonizes text of works of Confucius and his school.

Births

Deaths

• June 23 - Roman emperor Vespasian
• August 24 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
• September 23 - Pope Linus
• Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)

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