AD 25

Calendar year

AD 25 (XXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Agrippa (or, less frequently, year 778 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 25 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

• Emperor Tiberius settles a dispute between Messenia and Sparta over the Ager Dentheliales on Mount Taygetus, awarding the land to Messenia.^[1][2]
• Lucius Aelius Sejanus unsuccessfully attempts to marry Livilla.

China

• August 5 – The Han dynasty is restored in China as Liu Xiu proclaims himself Emperor Guangwu of Han, starting the Jianwu era (until AD 56).
• November 27 – Luoyang becomes the capital of the Houhan or Eastern Han dynasty.^[3]

Births

• Gaius Julius Civilis, Batavian military leader
• Quintus Volusius Saturninus, Roman consul

Deaths

• Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Roman historian and writer
• Gengshi, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty
• Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus, Roman consul (b. 54 BC)
• Lucius Antonius, grandson of Mark Antony (b. 20 BC)
• Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman consul (b. 49 BC)
• Ruzi Ying, Chinese emperor of the Western Han (b. AD 5)

References

1. Gawlinski, Laura (December 23, 2011). The Sacred Law of Andania: A New Text with Commentary. Walter de Gruyter. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-11-026814-0.
2. Smith, William (1868). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. James Walton. p. 345.
3. Kang-i Sun Chang; Stephen Owen, eds. (2010). The Cambridge history of Chinese literature. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11677-0. OCLC 410227423.