Editing AD 23

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[[File:Portrait Juba II Louvre Ma1886.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Portrait of King [[Juba II]] (48 BC–AD 23)]]
'''AD 23''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23)|Pollio]] and [[Gaius Antistius Vetus (consul 23)|Vetus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 776 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 23 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 ====
* 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.

== Births ==
* [[Pliny the Elder]], Roman scientist and writer<ref>{{cite book|last=Healy|first=John F.|title=Pliny the Elder on science and technology|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-814687-2|page=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz6D4H-s5psC&dq=Pliny+the+Elder+born+23&pg=PA1}}</ref> (d. [[79 AD]])

== Deaths ==
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Drusus Julius Caesar]], son of Emperor [[Tiberius]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=Alan K.|last2=Champlin|first2=Edward|last3=Lintott|first3=Andrew|title=The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C.–A.D. 69|year=1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26430-3|pages=213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZLW4-wba7UC&dq=Drusus+poisoned+September+14%2C+23&pg=PA213|edition=2nd}}</ref> (b. [[14 BC]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Wang Mang]], Chinese emperor of the [[Xin dynasty]] (b. c. [[45 BC]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Anthony E.|title=Ban Gu's history of early China|year=2008|publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=978-1-60497-561-1|page=110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUF0ZCTRPwEC&dq=Wang+Mang+October+6%2C+23&pg=PA110}}</ref>
* [[Juba II]], king of [[Mauretania]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Rocca|first=Samuel|title=Herod's Judaea: a Mediterranean state in the classical world|year=2008|publisher=Mohr Siebeck|isbn=978-3-16-149717-9|page=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WaUSt9sQP2wC&dq=Juba+II+died+23&pg=PA58}}</ref> (b. c. [[50 BC]])
* [[Liu Xin (scholar)|Liu Xin]], Chinese astronomer, mathematician and politician<ref>{{cite book|last=Yunis|first=Harvey|title=Written texts and the rise of literate culture in ancient Greece|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80930-6|page=125|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMve3wMT4g0C&dq=Liu+Xin+died+23&pg=PA124}}</ref> (b. c. [[50 BC]])
* [[Liu Yan (Bosheng)|Liu Yan]], Chinese general and politician
* [[Servius Cornelius Lentulus Maluginensis]], Roman statesman
* [[Empress Wang (Ping)|Wang]], Chinese empress of the Xin dynasty (b. [[8 BC]])

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