Editing AD 23 (section)

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Greek [[geographer]] [[Strabo]] publishes [[Geographica]], a work covering the world known to the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] and [[History of Greece|Greeks]] at the time of Emperor [[Augustus]] &ndash; it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roller|first=Duane W.|title=The building program of Herod the Great|year=1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20934-3|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZsB1yQOmyEC&dq=Strabo+publishes+Geography+23&pg=PA65}}</ref>
* Emperor [[Tiberius]]' son [[Drusus Julius Caesar]] dies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bunson|first=Matthew|title=Encyclopedia of the Roman empire|year=2002|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4562-4|pages=187–188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5tic2VunRoC&dq=Julius+Caesar+Drusus+died+23&pg=PA187|edition=2nd}}</ref>  From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure.
* [[Sejanus|Lucius Aelius Sejanus]] begins to dominate the [[Roman Senate]] and Tiberius, after the death of Drusus.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Adkins|first1=Lesley|last2=Adkins|first2=Roy A.|title=Handbook to life in ancient Rome|year=2004|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-5026-0|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGY1Sqjwf8kC&dq=Lucius+Aelius+Sejanus+senate+23&pg=PA18|edition=2nd}}</ref>

==== China ====
* [[Gengshi Emperor|Liu Xuan]], a descendant of the [[Han dynasty]] royal family and leader of insurgents against the [[Xin dynasty]], proclaims himself emperor against [[Wang Mang]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Giele|first=Enno|title=Imperial decision-making and communication in early China: a study of Cai Yong's Duduan|year=2006|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-05334-1|page=218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pb5veqFrpvIC&dq=Liu+Xuan+emperor+23&pg=PA218}}</ref>
* July &ndash; After being under siege for two months, about 19,000 insurgents under [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Liu Xiu]] defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops in the [[Battle of Kunyang]], ushering in the fall of Wang Mang's Xin dynasty and restoration of the Han dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schram|first=Stuart R.|title=Mao's road to power: revolutionary writings 1912–1949|year=1992|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-1-56324-457-5|page=366|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K8K7b_nC6BsC&dq=Battle+of+Kunyang+23&pg=PA366|volume=1}}</ref>
* [[October 6]] – Emperor Liu Xuan's forces kill Wang Mang at the end of a three-day siege.