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Events 
 Roman Empire 
 Strabo publishes Geography.  It covers the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus. 
 Aelius Sejanus gains power in the Roman Senate and Tiberius.
 Gaius Asinius Pollio, Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls

 Asia 
 Liu Xuan proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang.
 Battle of Kunyang - troops under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops

 Births 
 Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer

 Deaths 
 September 14 – Drusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius, poisoned
 October 6 – Wang Mang, Emperor of the Xin Dynasty

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