The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien - The One Ring

by **IamMoose** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:12 am

This is similar to the 'If your post count was an historical date' thread, except going by post number rather than post count. The idea is, the first post on the thread - ie this one - represents the year 0 AD, and the next one the year one and then year two etc etc. Each poster must say what happened in the world on the date after the previous one, if that makes sense.

Okay, for 0 AD, Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have been born. Actually I gather that bible historicans now think that that date is a few years out and some people don't believe that Jesus existed at all, but still, this is a fairly significant date and the beginning of the modern calander so I will start with it!

Okay, now someone has to dig up a historical fact about AD 1

by **Wasara** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:39 am

1 A.D.---Year 1

Events

* The first full year in the life of Jesus as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his Anno Domini era.

* Buddhism is introduced into China.

by **IamMoose** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:46 am

Oops! I should have started at AD1 apparently as there was no year zero but ah well, we live and learn

Here is what I have found for AD2 .. seems to have been a bit of a lean year

: In AD 2 Lucius Caesar died of an illness at Massilia

by **IamMoose** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:26 am

Okay I promise I wouldn't normally double post but I've been idly researching since I started this thread for things that happened in the first part of the first century and I've realised how difficult it is to come up with info and I don't want to the thread to die for lack of it. So basically I wanted to tell people that the only place I've found that has any information at all on what was ongoing at this time is wiki .. hence, I'd do a search there for things rather than on google

ANyway, AD3, Saul of Tarsus, later St Paul, is born.

by **GwenElf** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:41 am

In AD 4, the emperor Augustus adopts Tiberius as his heir after all of his other choices are dead. (Seriously, the guy went through potential heirs like we go through tissues.)

by **IamMoose** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:43 am

AD 5 Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus, King of the Catuvellauni, as King of Britain ('don't you oppress me!'

)

by **elfshadow** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:19 am

In AD 6, Nero Ceasar was born to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder.

(This wasn't the Emperor Nero, just some other random dude named Nero who was part of the imperial family.

)

by **IamMoose** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:42 am

AD 7 bit of a boring year this one, looks like

The Illyrians revolt against Roman rule.

by **GwenElf** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:35 pm

In AD 8, the Roman poet Ovid is exiled by Augustus.

by **ElanorTheHobbit** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:50 pm

Nice thread, Moose

AD 9, Wang Mang founds the Xin Dynasty in China.

Rome makes a law forbidding celibacy and childless relationships :rofl:

by **Maegnas** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:00 pm

AD 10: Heron of Alexandria (inventor of the steam engine among other things) is born, Also, some guy named Saint Peter does too

:D:D:D

Moose another cool idea!! :clap:

by **ElanorTheHobbit** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:07 pm

AD 11: Germanicus wins the Rhine and Germania.

And not much else. Apparently they were all too bored to do anything in 11.

by **GwenElf** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:30 pm

AD 12: Caligula is born. He will become emperor of Rome in 37.

Apparently they were still bored in 12.

by **Maegnas** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:48 pm

AD 13: Tiberius made his triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany

More boredom in 13 :lol:

by **elfshadow** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:37 pm

Year 14 AD -- Tiberius succeeds Augustus Ceasar as Roman Emperor!

So, was there anything happening at this time that did not involve Rome? According to Wikipedia, no.

by **minyacaliel** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:13 pm

15 AD
Emona (currently Ljubljana) is founded.
Can you guess by whom? :lol:

by **Evenstar_of_Imladris** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:31 am

16 A.D.

John the Baptist is believed to have been arrested this year.

by **Maegnas** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:14 am

17 AD
The city of Sardis (in Lydia, Asia minor) is destroyed by an earthquake

by **GwenElf** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:58 am

AD 18: Death of the Roman poet, Ovid, in exile.

Caiaphas also becomes High Priest in Jerusalem.

by **luthienelflover** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:24 am

ElanorTheHobbit wrote:Rome makes a law forbidding celibacy and childless relationships

Don't laugh, there was a very good reason for that

Year 14 AD -- Tiberius succeeds Augustus Ceasar as Roman Emperor!

Bye bye golden age.

Sorry -- having too much fun. :rofl:

*ahem*

I'm having a love affair with Roman history.

AD 19: Caesar Germanicus was poisoned by C. Piso, possibly on the orders of his adopted father Tiberius Caesar, Emperor of Rome.

I didn't have to look that one up! :clap:

by **IamMoose** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:04 am

AD20 20 AD- Tiberias (Hebrew טבריה, T'verya; Arabic طبرية, Ṭabariyyah) is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius.

Tiberias was built at about AD 20 by Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great on the site of the destroyed village of Rakkat, and it became the capital of his realm in Galilee.

During Herod's time, the Jews refused to settle there; the presence of a cemetery rendered the site ritually unclean. However, Antipas forcibly settled people there from rural Galilee in order to populate his new capital.

I shamelessly stole this answer from another person on a different forum I go to, where I have also started this game

by **elfshadow** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:55 am

I'm shamelessely stealing all my answers from Wikipedia. I've never been good at remembering dates.

AD 21 -- First year of Dihuang era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.

(I figured we needed something a little more global.

)

by **luthienelflover** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:54 am

AD 22

Emperor Claudius's third wife Valeria Messalina was born!

She was a crazy crazy lady. She married someone else while still married to Claudius as I remember, and he had no idea. He was a bit... blind. Like Augustus to his daughter Julia's indiscretions. I guess it's a Roman emperor thing.

I had one for the last one but will be shamelessly stealing from Wikipedia from here on out.

This is so educational!

by **GwenElf** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:23 pm

AD 23

Death of Drusus, the son and heir of Emperor Tiberius.
Birth of Pliny the Elder.

Yay for Roman history textbooks with timelines!

by **luthienelflover** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:33 pm

AD 24

Okay, I couldn't find anything interesting and Roman

so I wikipedia'd...

June Battle of Kunyang, After being sieged for 2 months, 9000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops, ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of Han Dynasty.

:happydance:

by **Maegnas** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:06 pm

AD 25:
Liu Xiu proclaims himself Emperor of China thus restoring the Han dynasty!

This is educational!!

by **Gwenare** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:20 pm

AD 26

Pontius Pilate was appointed governor of the province of Judea.

by **luthienelflover** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:39 pm

AD 27

Tiberius left Sejanus in charge of Rome :nono:

Bad move Tiberius! He's trying to take over!!! :shock:

by **elfshadow** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:11 pm

AD 28

King Daru of Baekje succeeded the throne of Baekje in Korean peninsula.

According to Wikipedia, that is the ONLY thing of any significance that happened in this particular year. :rofl:

by **luthienelflover** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:12 pm

AD 29

Jesus baptized by John the Baptist.

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