Editing AD 52 (section)

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Claudius]] attempts to control the [[Fucine Lake]] by digging a 5.6&nbsp;km [[tunnel]] through ''Monte Salviano'', requiring 30,000 workers and eleven years.
* Claudius completes the ''Aqua Claudia'' and ''Anio Novus'', two aqueduct projects started by [[Caligula]]<ref>Stambaugh (1988), p. 130.</ref>  
* In [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] a [[Roman law|law]] prohibits the execution of old and crippled [[history of slavery|slaves]]. 
* [[Ananias son of Nedebaios|Ananias]], a high priest in [[Jerusalem]], is sent to [[Rome]] after being accused of violence.
* [[Barea Soranus]] is ''consul suffectus'' in Rome.
* [[Pliny the Elder]] writes his account of the German wars. 
* In [[Roman Britain|Britain]], governor [[Publius Ostorius Scapula]] dies while campaigning against the [[Silures]] of south [[Wales]]. Following his death, the Roman [[Legio II Augusta|Second Legion]] are heavily defeated by the Silures. His replacement is [[Aulus Didius Gallus]], who quells the rebellion and consolidates the gains the Romans have so far made, but does not seek new ones.

==== China ====
* The ''Yuejue Shu'', the first known [[gazetteer]] of [[China]], is written during the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]].

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==== Religion ====
* [[Thomas the Apostle|Saint Thomas]], one of the twelve disciples of [[Jesus]], is believed to have landed in [[Kodungallur]], [[India]] to preach the [[Good news (Christianity)|Gospel]]; the [[Marthoma Church]], the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]], the [[Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church]], the [[The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church|Indian Orthodox Church]], and the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] claim descent from him.