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'''AD 39''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Caligula|Augustus]] and [[Lucius Apronius Caesianus|Caesianus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 792 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 39 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 ====
* [[Tigellinus]], minister and favorite of the later [[Roman emperor]] [[Nero]], is banished for [[adultery]] with [[Caligula]]'s sisters.
* [[Caligula|Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula)]] and [[Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo]] become [[Roman consul]]s.  
* Caligula orders a [[pontoon bridge|floating bridge]] to be built using ships as [[pontoon (boat)|pontoons]], stretching for two miles from [[Baiae]] to the neighboring port of [[Pozzuoli|Puteoli]].  
* [[Agrippa I]], king of [[Judea|Judaea]], successfully accuses [[Herod Antipas]], tetrarch of [[Galilee]] and [[Perea (Holy Land)|Perea]], of conspiracy against Caligula. Antipas is exiled and Agrippa receives his territory.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=J.+AJ+18.247 18.247&ndash;252]; {{cite journal |last=Bruce |first=F. F. |author-link=F. F. Bruce |year=1963–1965 |title=Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea |journal=Annual of Leeds University Oriental Society |volume=5 |pages=6&ndash;23, p. 21 |url=http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/herod_bruce.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/herod_bruce.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |access-date=2007-10-21 }}</ref>
* [[Legio XV Primigenia|Legio XV ''Primigenia'']] and [[Legio XXII Primigenia|XXII ''Primigenia'']] are levied by Caligula for the [[Germany|German]] frontier.
* Caligula's campaign into Germany is stopped by a conspiracy led by [[Cassius Chaerea]]. Even though he never even reaches Germany, Caligula proclaims himself victorious and orders a triumph.
* [[Caligula]] orders that a statue of himself be placed in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].  The governor of [[Syria]], Publius Petronius, who is responsible for having an erecting  the statue, faces mass demonstrations by Jews of the region and manages to delay construction of the statue until the death of Caligula in [[AD 41]].
* [[Philo]] leads a [[Jewish]] delegation to Rome to protest the anti-Jewish conditions in [[Alexandria]].

==== Vietnam ====
* The [[Trung Sisters]] resist the [[China|Chinese]] influences in [[History of Vietnam|Vietnam]].
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== Births ==
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Lucan|Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]], Roman poet (d. [[AD 65]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Titus|Titus Flavius]], Roman emperor (d. [[AD 81]])<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Titus (39 AD - 81 AD) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/titus.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)|Julia Drusilla]], daughter of [[Caligula]] (d. [[AD 41]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus (consul 26)|Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus]], Roman consul
* [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (executed by Caligula)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]], Roman politician (b. [[AD 6]])
* [[Seneca the Elder]], Roman [[rhetoric]]ian (approximate date)

== References ==
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