Year 5 (V) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus, King of the Catuvellauni, as King of Britain.
• The Germanic Tribes of Cimbri and Charydes send ambassadors to Rome.
• Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus and Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus (or Gaius Ateius Capito) become Roman consuls.
• Tiberius conquers Germania Inferior.
• Agrippina the Elder marries Germanicus, her second cousin.
• Livilla marries Drusus Julius Caesar, Tiberius's son.
• Polycharmus Azenius becomes Archon of Athens.

China

• Wang Mang, the power behind the throne, is granted the "Nine Awards of Imperial Favor" — a set of ceremonial robes, sceptres, weapons and privileges bestowed only on those in the most intimate relationship with the emperor. This is a further sign of the rising power of Wang Mang.^[1]

Births

• Julia, daughter of Julius Caesar Drusus and Livilla (d. 43).
• Drusilla of Mauretania.
• Ruzi Ying, great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor of China (d. 25).
• Yin Lihua, Empress of China (d. 64).
• Saint Paul (approximate date).

Deaths

Notes

1. ↑ Klingaman, William K., The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman, 1990, p 64