Editing AD 60 (section)

==== Roman Empire ====
* The [[Roxolani]] are defeated on the [[Danube]] by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]].
* [[Nero's exploration of the Nile]]: Emperor [[Nero]] sends an expedition which reaches the historical city [[Meroë]] ([[Sudan]]). (approximate date)
* [[Vitellius]] is (possibly) [[proconsul]] of the province of [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]].
* [[Agrippa II]] of the [[Herodians]] rules the northeast of [[Judea]].
* The city of [[Laodicea on the Lycus]] is destroyed by an earthquake
* The following events in [[Roman Britain]] ([[Britannia]]) take place in AD 60 or [[AD 61|61]]:
** [[Gaius Suetonius Paulinus]], Roman governor of Britain, captures the island of [[Mona, Anglesey|Mona]] ([[Anglesey]]), the last stronghold of the [[Druid]]s.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=16–20|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' 14.30.</ref>
** [[Prasutagus]], king of the [[Iceni]] (modern [[East Anglia]]), dies leaving a [[Will (law)|will]] which passes his kingdom to his two daughters and the [[Roman Empire]]. The Roman army, however, annexes the kingdom as if conquered, depriving the nobles of their hereditary lands and plundering the land. The king's widow, [[Boudica]], is [[Flagellation|flogged]] and forced to watch their daughters publicly raped.<ref>Tacitus, ''Annals''  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Tac.+Ann.+14.31 14.31].</ref> Roman financiers, including [[Seneca the Younger]], call in their loans.<ref>[[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#2 62.2].</ref>
** Boudica leads a rebellion of the Iceni against Roman rule<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/47 47]}}</ref> in alliance with the [[Trinovantes]], [[Cornovii (Midlands)|Cornovii]], [[Durotriges]] and [[Celtic Britons]]. The Iceni and Trinovantes first destroy the Roman capital [[Camulodunum]] ([[Colchester]]), wipe out the infantry of the [[Legio IX Hispana]] (commanded by [[Quintus Petillius Cerialis]]) and go on to burn [[Londinium]] (London) (probably destroying [[London Bridge]]) and [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]), in all cases massacring the inhabitants by the thousands.
** [[Battle of Watling Street]]: Paulinus defeats the rebels, using a [[flying wedge]] formation, imposes wide-ranging punishments on native Britons,<ref name=CBH/> and the [[Roman Britain|Romanization of Britain]] continues. Boudica either poisons herself,<ref>Tacitus, ''Annals''.</ref> or falls sick and dies.<ref>Cassius Dio, ''Roman History''.</ref>