Editing AD 27

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'''AD 27''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 27)|Piso]] and [[Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi|Frugi]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 780 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 27 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 ====
* A fire breaks out in [[Rome]].<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 4#64|4.64]]</ref> 
* A poorly built [[amphitheatre]] in [[Fidenae]] collapses, killing 20,000 of the 50,000 spectators.<ref>Tacitus, The Annals [[s:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 4#63|4.63]]</ref>
* Using the dates and ranges listed in the Gospel of Luke, this year can be established as when [[John the Baptist]] begins preaching in the Jordan. It is also likely that [[Jesus]] was [[Baptism of Jesus|baptised]] by John in the final months of this year before his [[Temptation of Christ|temptation]] and [[Gospel of John#Chronology|the first of three Passovers listed in the Gospel of John]].
* An Arc of Triumph is erected in [[Rimini]], in honor of the former Emperor [[Augustus]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Possible date of the [[Baptism of Jesus]] by [[John the Baptist]] (another possibility is AD 29).

== Births ==
* [[Herod Agrippa II]], king of [[Judea]] 
* [[Petronius]], Roman writer and [[Roman consul|suffect consul]] (d. [[AD 66]])
* [[Wang Chong]], Chinese astronomer and [[Chinese philosophy|philosopher]] (d. [[AD 100]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Publius Quinctilius Varus the Younger]], Roman nobleman (b. [[AD 4]])

== References ==
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