5/22/2023 0 Comments 20s the defining decade![]() ![]() Lucius Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate and Tiberius, after the death of Drusus.From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure. ![]() Emperor Tiberius' son Drusus Julius Caesar dies.Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus – it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.Manning (2008) tentatively estimates the world population in AD 20 as 246 million. ![]() Geographica, an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge created by Strabo, was finished no later than AD 23. In 27, Christianity was born as a Jewish sect in Jerusalem. Major disasters of this decade include a fire in Rome, and the collapse of a poorly built amphitheatre in Fidenae, which killed 20,000 of the 50,000 spectators. In science, the 20s saw the manufacture of pens and metal writing tools in Rome. In Korea, Daemusin of Goguryeo annexed Dongbuyeo and killed its king Daeso. In China, the Xin dynasty collapsed and the Eastern Han dynasty was established. In North Africa, Tacfarinas, a Numidian Berber deserter, led the Musulamii tribe and a loose and changing coalition of other Berber tribes in revolt, before being defeated in AD 24. ![]() In Europe, the 20s saw revolts by the Aedui, Thracian tribesmen, and the Frisians against the Roman Empire. The 20s decade ran from January 1, AD 20, to December 31, AD 29. ![]()
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