Years: 53 54 55 56 57 - 58 - 59 60 61 62 63

Decades: 20s 30s 40s - 50s - 60s 70s 80s

Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Events

• The Ficus Ruminales begins to die (see Rumina)
• Start of Yongping era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Ming-Ti , new emperor of China, introduces Buddhism.
• Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman Consul.
• The friendship between Nero and Otho ends when they both fall in love with Poppea Sabina.

Births

• Juvenal, Roman poet.

Deaths