Alternate uses, see Number 56

Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Decades: 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s - 50s - 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s

Years: 51 52 53 54 55 - 56 - 57 58 59 60 61

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Events

• Paul of Tarsus writes his first letter to the Corinthians.
• The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.
• Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome.

Births

• Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)

Deaths