67

The year 67 AD.
==Events==
* Great Jewish Revolt (66 - 73): Cestus Gallus, legate of Syria, conquers Beit Shearim, seat of the Great Sanhedrin, but is unable to capture Jerusalem. While withdrawing from the Jerusalem battle, he is defeated at Beth-horon by forces led by the Zealot Eleazar ben Simon.
* According to the church historian Eusebius, the Christian community leaves Jerusalem, forewarned by a prophecy of Jesus recorded in Luke 21:20-24.
* Roman Emperor Nero appoints General Vespasian, the future Roman emperor (69 - 79), to command the forces formerly led Cestus Gallus. 
* The historian Josephus, leader of the rebels in Galilee, is captured by the Romans led by Vespasian.
* Pope Linus succeeds Simon Peter
==Births==
==Deaths==
* Paul of Tarsus: martyred, beheaded by Nero
* June 29 - Simon Peter: martyred, crucified upside-down, on orders of Nero
* Cestius Gallus, legate of Syria, death in battle
Category:1st century