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'''AD 53''' ('''[[Roman numerals|LIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus|Silanus]] and [[Quintus Haterius Antoninus|Antonius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 806 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 53 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 ====
* Emperor [[Claudius]] removes [[Herod Agrippa II]] from the tetrarchy of [[Chalcis]] in [[Greece]].
* [[Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus]] and [[Quintus Haterius Antoninus]] become [[Roman consul]]s. 
* Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial [[procurator (Roman)|procurator]]s.  This marks a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the [[Roman Senate|Senate]].
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Nero]] is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter [[Claudia Octavia]]. 
* Claudius accepts Nero as his successor, to the detriment of [[Britannicus]], his son by his first wife, [[Valeria Messalina]].
* [[Timeline of Cardiff history|Cardiff]] is founded by [[Aulus Didius Gallus]].
* [[Tiridates I of Armenia|Tiridates I]], brother of [[Vologases I]], comes to power in [[Armenia]] as an adversary of the Romans.<ref>
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==== Korea ====
* [[Taejodae of Goguryeo|Taejodae]] becomes ruler of the kingdom of [[Goguryeo]].<ref name=met53>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Evodius]] succeeds [[Saint Peter]] as [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch]].
* [[Paul the Apostle]] writes his [[epistle to the Galatians]] from [[Ephesus]] (approximately date)

==== Arts and sciences ====
* [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]] writes the tragedy ''[[Agamemnon (Seneca)|Agamemnon]]'', which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, ''[[Medea (Seneca)|Medea]]'' and ''[[Oedipus (Seneca)|Edipus]]''.

== Births ==
* (approximate year) [[Trajan|Marcus Ulpius Traianus]], Roman emperor (d. [[AD 117|117]])<ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=270 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* [[Domitia Longina]], Roman empress (approximate date)
* [[Kanishka|Kanishka I]], Indian ruler of the [[Kushan Empire]] (d. [[AD 150|150]])

== Deaths ==

*[[Mobon of Goguryeo|Mobon]], Korean ruler of [[Goguryeo]]<ref name=met53 />

== References ==
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