AD 67

AD 67 (LXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Julius Rufus and Fonteius Capito (or, less frequently, year 820 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 67 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	40s 50s 60s 70s 80s
Years:	64 65 66 AD 67 68 69 70

AD 67 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 67 LXVII
Ab urbe condita	820
Assyrian calendar	4817
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−526
Berber calendar	1017
Buddhist calendar	611
Burmese calendar	−571
Byzantine calendar	5575–5576
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2763 or 2703     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2764 or 2704
Coptic calendar	−217 – −216
Discordian calendar	1233
Ethiopian calendar	59–60
Hebrew calendar	3827–3828
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	123–124
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3167–3168
Holocene calendar	10067
Iranian calendar	555 BP – 554 BP
Islamic calendar	572 BH – 571 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 67 LXVII
Korean calendar	2400
Minguo calendar	1845 before ROC 民前1845年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1401
Seleucid era	378/379 AG
Thai solar calendar	609–610
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 193 or −188 or −960     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 194 or −187 or −959

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Vindex revolts, first in a series of revolts that lead to Nero's downfall.
• Gaius Licinius Mucianus replaces Cestius Gallus as governor of Syria.
• Jewish Revolt: Vespasian arrives in Ptolemais, along with Legio X Fretensis and Legio V Macedonica to put down the revolt.
• Vespasian is joined by his son Titus, who brings Legio XV Apollinaris from Alexandria. By late spring the Roman army numbers more than 60,000 soldiers, including auxiliaries and troops of King Agrippa II.
• Jewish leaders at Jerusalem are divided through a power struggle, and a brutal civil war erupts. The Zealots and the Sicarii execute anyone who tries to leave the city.
• Siege of Jotapata and massacre of its 40,000 Jewish inhabitants. The historian Josephus, leader of the rebels in Galilee, is captured by the Romans. Vespasian is wounded in the foot by an arrow fired from the city wall.
• Fall of the Jewish fortress of Gamla in the Golan to the Romans and massacre of its inhabitants.
• Nero travels to Greece, where he participates in the Olympic Games and other festivals.
• Nero, jealous of the success of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo in Armenia, orders that he be put to death. Corbulo literally "falls on his sword".

By topic

Religion

• Apostles Peter and Paul are martyred in Rome.
• Linus succeeds Peter, as the second Bishop of Rome.

Births

• Myeongnim Dap-bu, Korean prime minister (d. 179)
• Publius Juventius Celsus, Roman consul (d. 130)

Deaths

• Cestius Gallus, Roman politician and governor
• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman general (b. c. AD 7)
• Lucius Domitius Paris, Roman freedman and actor
• Paul the Apostle, Christian martyr (b. c. AD 5)
• Paulinus of Antioch, Roman bishop and martyr
• Publius Rufus Anteius, Roman politician
• Publius Sulpicius Scribonius, Roman politician

References