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39
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- Campaign Caligula on the Rhine.
- Conspiracy Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus , legate of Upper Germany and in M. Lepidus Caligula. The repression that followed was bloody. But frightened, Caligula waive expeditions he had provided against the Germans and Teutons and settled in Rome in 40.
- End of the reign of Herod Antipas in Judea.
- The Tetrarch of Galilee, Herod Antipas is trying to get to the title of king by Caligula like to Herod Agrippa I , Caligula the removal and exile in Lyon with his wife Herodias and gives his tetrarchy to Herod Agrippa I. ( 40 ).
- Embassy Jewish Rome led by the philosopher Philo , to protest against the situation of Jews in Alexandria.
- Following the destruction of a pagan altar dedicated to the Emperor by Jews to Jamnia , Caligula ordered his statue to be placed in the temple of Jerusalem. The governor of Syria Publius Petronius, in charge of erecting the statue, entered Ptolemais. It is challenged by massive demonstrations of Jews supported by a delegation of Herod Agrippa. Petronius managed to procrastinate until the death of Caligula ( 24 January 41 ).
- Tigellinus , minister and favorite of the future emperor Nero , is banished on a charge of adultery with the sisters of Caligula ( Agrippina the Younger and Livilla ).
Births at 39
- November 3 : Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), poet Roman , nephew of Seneca and companion of Nero. ( 30 April 65 ).
- December 30 : Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus , Roman emperor. ( 81 ).
Deaths in 39
- Herod Antipas , the Roman tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.
- Seneca the Elder , Roman rhetorician and historian born in Spain ( -55, 93 years).
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