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Events relating to asia
On the road to Damascus, where he intends to persecute the Christians, Saul sees a blinding light
Herod Agrippa, a grandson of Herod the Great, restores a brief calm to Palestine
St Paul, taking ship to Cyprus, begins the first of his great missionary journeys
St Paul, on his travels within the Roman empire, begins converting non-Jews (or Gentiles) to the new Christian faith
A western adaptation of the Persian cult of Mithras, evolving probably in Anatolia, is spread through the empire by the Roman army
The leaders of the Christian church gather in Jerusalem to decide an urgent question - must Gentile converts undergo circumcision?
The Zealots play a prominent part in the uprising which expels the Romans from Jerusalem
Josephus is in Jerusalem at the start of the rebellion against the Romans, and will later describe its suppression in his Jewish War
The Essenes hide their sacred scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea, to save them from the Romans
Vespasian, proclaimed emperor by his troops in Alexandria, is the survivor among this year's four emperors
Titus recovers Jerusalem for Rome, after four years of Jewish rule
The complete destruction of the Jewish Temple follows the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans
The last of the Jewish insurgents are besieged in the stronghold of Masada, eventually killing each other to end their ordeal
The Acts of the Apostles are written, probably by Luke – the evangelist and companion of Paul on his final journey to Rome
Titus becomes emperor on the death of his father, Vespasian, and begins a brief two-year reign of lavish public generosity
The earliest of the Christian gospels, that of St Mark, is written down - possibly in Asia Minor or Syria
A naturalistic style of Buddhist sculpture develops in the Gandhara region, part of modern Pakistan
Theravada Buddhism, strong in south India and Sri Lanka, travels with traders through southeast Asia
The network of Roman roads stretches eventually from England to Egypt
Buddhism, arriving with trade along the Silk Road from India, puts down firm roots in China
The eunuch Ts'ai Lun either invents paper or presents a report on the new substance to the Chinese emperor
Hadrian, governing Syria when he is declared emperor, is confident enough to delay almost a year before returning to Rome
Kanishka rules the Kushan empire of Afghanistan and northern India from his capital at Peshawar
