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'''AD 58''' ('''[[Roman numerals|LVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Messalla''' (or, less frequently, '''year 811 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 58 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 [[Nero]] and [[Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus (consul 58)|Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus]] become [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman consuls]].
* The friendship between Nero and [[Otho|Marcus Salvius Otho]] ends when they both fall in love with [[Poppea Sabina]], and Otho is sent to [[Lusitania]] as governor.
* [[Agrippina the Younger]] is expelled from the imperial palace by her son Nero, who installs her in [[Roman villa|Villa Antonia]] in [[Misenum]], and leaving more of the effective and real power of [[Empire]] in the hands of [[Nero]].
* [[Roman–Parthian War of 58–63|Roman-Parthian War]]: [[Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo]], commander in the East, launches his Armenian offensive against [[Parthia]]. He leads a Roman army (four [[Roman legion|legions]]) through the mountainous country of [[Armenia]], against the fortress at '''Volandum''', to the southwest of [[Artaxata]]. After a siege of eight hours Corbulo takes the city; the [[legionary|legionnaires]] massacre the defenders and plunder Volandum to their hearts' content.
* Corbulo marches to Artaxata crossing the [[Aras River]]; along the valley he is shadowed by tens of thousands of mounted Parthian archers led by king [[Tiridates I of Armenia|Tiridates I]]. The city opens its gates to Corbulo, just as it had to [[Germanicus]] four decades before. When he takes the 250-year-old Armenian capital, Corbulo gives the residents a few hours to collect their valuables and burns the city to the ground.
* The [[Ficus Ruminalis]] begins to die (see [[Rumina]]).
* [[Agrippina the Younger]], conspired with the senators in late 58 to overthrow [[Nero]].
* [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]], 18 years old, is serving as a military [[tribune]] in [[Roman Britain|Britain]] under [[Gaius Suetonius Paulinus]] and is attached to [[Legio II Augusta|Legio II ''Augusta'']].

==== Europe ====
* In [[Thuringia]] conflict between two [[Germanic tribes]] erupts over access to water.
* [[Roman Empire|Romans]] learn the use of [[soap]] from the [[Gauls]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Ming of Han|Ming of Han]] introduces [[Buddhism]] to [[China]] inviting monks from the western [[Indus Valley]].
* In China, sacrifices to [[Confucius]] are ordered in all government schools.<ref>Roberts,  J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.</ref>
* Start of ''Yongping'' era of the Chinese [[Han dynasty]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The apostle [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]] returns to [[Jerusalem]] with the money he has collected to give the Christian community there. However, he is accused of defiling the temple, and is arrested and imprisoned in [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]]. He then invokes his [[Roman citizenship]] and is sent to [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to be judged.
* Paul writes his [[Epistle to the Romans]] (approximate date).

== Births ==
* [[Juvenal]], Roman poet and writer (approximate date)
* [[Xu Shen]], Chinese politician and writer (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Deng Yu]], Chinese general of the [[Han dynasty]] (b. [[AD 2]])
* [[Geng Yan]], Chinese general of the Han dynasty (b. [[AD 3]])
* [[Pharasmanes I of Iberia|Pharasmanes I]], Roman client king of [[Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Iberia]]
* [[Rhadamistus]], Roman client king of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]]

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