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==Events==
*Consuls are the Roman Emperor Caligula and Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus
*January 24 - Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
*January 24 - Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Emperor.
*January 25 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Emperor by the Roman Senate.
*Claudius makes Agrippa I king of Judea.
*Messalina, wife of Claudius, persuades Claudius to have Seneca the Younger banished to Corsica on a charge of adultery with Julia Livilla.
*Claudius restores religious freedom to Jews throughout the empire, but prohibits Jews in Rome from proselytising.
*An attack across the Rhine by the Germans is stopped by the Romans.
==Births==
*Martial, Latin poet (possible birthdate)
*Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, son of Claudius and Messalina.
==Deaths==
*January 24 - Emperor Caligula, (assassinated).
*January 24 - Julia Drusilla, daughter of Caligula (assassinated).
* End of the year - Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus, niece of Claudius, starved to death in her exile.
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