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'''AD 61''' ('''[[Roman numerals|LXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Turpilianus]] and [[Lucius Caesennius Paetus|Caesennius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 814 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 61 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 ====
* [[Publius Petronius Turpilianus]] and [[Lucius Caesennius Paetus]] become [[Roman consul]]s.
* [[Galba]] becomes governor of [[Hispania Tarraconensis]].
* The following events in [[Roman Britain]] ([[Britannia]]) take place in [[AD 60]] or 61:
** [[Gaius Suetonius Paulinus]], Roman governor of Britain, captures the island of [[Mona, Anglesey|Mona]] ([[Anglesey]]), the last stronghold of the [[Druid]]s.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=16–20|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' 14.30.</ref>
** [[Prasutagus]], king of the [[Iceni]] (modern [[East Anglia]]), dies leaving a [[Will (law)|will]] which passes his kingdom to his two daughters and the [[Roman Empire]]. The Roman army however annexes the kingdom as if conquered, depriving the nobles of their hereditary lands and plundering the land. The king's widow, [[Boudica]], is [[Flagellation|flogged]] and forced to watch their daughters publicly raped.<ref>Tacitus, ''Annals''  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Tac.+Ann.+14.31 14.31].</ref> Roman financiers, including [[Seneca the Younger]], call in their loans.<ref>[[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html#2 62.2].</ref>
** Boudica leads a rebellion of the Iceni against Roman rule<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/47 47]}}</ref> in alliance with the [[Trinovantes]], [[Cornovii (Midlands)|Cornovii]], [[Durotriges]] and [[Britons (Celtic people)|Celtic Britons]]. The Iceni and Trinovantes first destroy the Roman capital [[Camulodunum]] ([[Colchester]]), wipe out the infantry of the [[Legio IX Hispana]] (commanded by [[Quintus Petillius Cerialis]]) and go on to burn [[Londinium]] (London) (probably destroying [[London Bridge]]) and [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]), in all cases massacring the inhabitants in their thousands.
** [[Battle of Watling Street]]: Paulinus defeats the rebels, using a [[flying wedge]] formation, and imposes wide-ranging punishments on native Britons, but is removed from office after an enquiry instituted by [[Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus]] (appointed [[Procurator (Roman)|procurator]] 61)<ref name=CBH/> and the [[Roman Britain|Romanisation of Britain]] continues. Boudica either poisons herself<ref>Tacitus, ''Annals''.</ref> or falls sick and dies.<ref>Cassius Dio, ''Roman History''.</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Pliny the Younger]], Roman author and statesman (d. c. [[AD 113|113]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=Russell M. |last2=Services |first2=Abc-Clio Information |title=Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781851095346 |page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AY1ALzh9V0C&pg=PA193|language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Barnabas]], Cypriot Jew and bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]] (approximate date)
* [[Boudica]], British queen of the [[Iceni]] tribe (approximate date)
* [[Lucius Pedanius Secundus]], Roman politician and prefect
* [[Ma Wu]], Chinese general of the [[Han dynasty|Eastern Han Dynasty]]
* [[Publius Memmius Regulus]], Roman politician

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