Editing AD 41

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'''AD 41''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Caligula|C. Caesar Augustus Germanicus]] and [[Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus (consul 41)|Cn. Sentius Saturninus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 794 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 41 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 ====
* [[January 24]]
** [[Caligula]], known for his [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentricity]] and cruel [[despotism]], is assassinated by his disgruntled [[Praetorian Guard]]s.<ref name="Caligula">{{cite book|last=Barrett|first=Anthony A.|title=Caligula: The Corruption of Power|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-13776-5|page=170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1paoJ_BN28C&pg=PA170}}</ref>
** [[Claudius]] succeeds his nephew, Caligula, as emperor.<ref name="Claudius">{{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=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGY1Sqjwf8kC&pg=PA21|edition=2nd}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as emperor by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]].<ref name="Claudius" />
* Claudius makes [[Herod Agrippa|Agrippa]] king of [[Judea]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dixon|first=William Hepworth|authorlink = William Hepworth Dixon|title=The holy land|year=1865|publisher=B. Tauchnitz|page=222|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7EWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA222|volume=2}}</ref>
* [[Messalina]], wife of Claudius, persuades Claudius to have [[Seneca the Younger]] banished to [[Corsica]] on a charge of [[adultery]] with [[Julia Livilla]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moran|first=Michael G.|editor=Ballif, Michelle|title=Classical rhetorics and rhetoricians: critical studies and sources|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32178-8|page=343|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYykAGVyqvwC&pg=PA343}}</ref>
* Claudius restores [[religious freedom]] to Jews throughout the empire,<ref>{{cite book|editor=Freedman, David Noel|title=Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible|year=2000|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-5356-503-2|page=262|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRtUqxkB7wkC&pg=PA262}}</ref> but prohibits Jews in Rome from proselytising.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scullard|first=H. H.|title=From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68|year=2010|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-58488-3|page=249|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMzvAXjq1uEC&pg=PA249}}</ref>
* An attack across the [[Rhine]] by the [[Germans]] is stopped by the Romans.

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Guang Wu]] of the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]] deposes his wife, [[Guo Shengtong]], as empress, and makes his consort [[Yin Lihua]] empress in her place.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Xiao Hong Lee|editor1-first=Lily|editor2-last=Stefanowska|editor2-first=A. D.|title=Biographical dictionary of Chinese women: antiquity through Sui, 1600 B.C.E.–618 C.E.|year=2007|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-1750-7|pages=146–147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7mLql4TAxoC&dq=Emperor+Guangwu+empress+41&pg=PA147|volume=3}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

== Births ==
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Britannicus|Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus]], son of [[Claudius]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiedemann|first=Thomas E. J.|title=Adults and children in the Roman Empire|year=1989|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-00336-0|page=124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJwOAAAAQAAJ&dq=Britannicus+born+February+12&pg=PA124}}</ref> (d. [[AD 55]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 24]]
** [[Caligula]], Roman emperor (assassinated)<ref name="Caligula" /> (b. [[12 AD]])
** [[Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)|Julia Drusilla]], daughter of Caligula (assassinated)<ref name=Julia>{{cite book|last=Varner|first=Eric R.|title=Mutilation and transformation: damnatio memoriae and Roman imperial portraiture|year=2004|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-13577-2|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IpPhTqnDJkC&dq=Julia+Drusilla+assassinated+41&pg=PA21}}</ref> (b. [[39 AD]])
** [[Milonia Caesonia]], wife of Caligula (assassinated)<ref name=Julia /> (b. [[6 AD]])
* [[Asprenas Calpurnius Serranus]], Roman politician 
* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], Roman consul (b. [[17 BC]])
* [[Julia Livilla]], daughter of [[Germanicus]] (starved to death)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lightman|first1=Marjorie|last2=Lightman|first2=Benjamin|title=A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-6710-7|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2esYJJUETiYC&dq=Julia+Livilla+starved+to+death+41&pg=PA171|volume=2}}</ref> (b. [[18 AD]])

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