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The earliest surviving written text provides evidence of the Mahayana version of Buddhism, which today is the largest of the Buddhist sects
The 16-year-old Nero is proclaimed emperor by the praetorian guards after the death of Claudius, supposedly poisoned by toadstools
St Peter, believed to have come to Rome as leader of the Christian community, is subsequently considered the first pope
St Paul arrives in Rome a prisoner, but then spends two years freely preaching Christianity
Boudicca launches a devastating attack on Roman soldiers and settlers, destroying their headquarters at Colchester
A great fire in Rome is popularly believed to have been started by Nero, whom legend also accuses of fiddling while the city burns
Early Christian tradition states that both Peter and Paul meet death in Rome as martyrs, possibly as a result of the fire of AD 64
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
Nero comes to Athens to give some of his officially celebrated performances at the Greek games
The Essenes hide their sacred scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea, to save them from the Romans
A rebellion in Spain prompts such chaos that Rome has four emperors within a year, after the suicide of Nero in 68
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
Hero, a Greek scientist in Alexandria, devises various forms of steam engine
The Acts of the Apostles are written, probably by Luke – the evangelist and companion of Paul on his final journey to Rome
The dioptra, developed by Hero of Alexandria for surveying land, is an early form of theodolite
Agricola, appointed Roman governor of Britain in AD 77, establishes Chester as a stronghold from which to control the Welsh tribes
Titus becomes emperor on the death of his father, Vespasian, and begins a brief two-year reign of lavish public generosity
A sudden eruption of Vesuvius buries the town of Pompeii in volcanic ash, in places twelve feet deep
The earliest of the Christian gospels, that of St Mark, is written down - possibly in Asia Minor or Syria
The Colosseum is inaugurated by the emperor Titus with games lasting 100 days, in which some 9000 large animals are killed
