Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
• August 24 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
• Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.
• To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.

Asia

• In China, a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of Confucius and his school.

Births

• Emperor He of Han (d. 106)
• Ma Rong (d. 166)

Deaths

• June 23 ? Roman emperor Vespasian
• August 24 ? Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
• September 23 ? Pope Linus
• Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
• Empress Ma

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