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#40
The Germanic Quadi tribe begin settling in present-day Moravia and Slovakia.
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#41
# January 24 — Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
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#42
The Chinese General My Yuan represses the rebellion of the Trung sisters in Tonkin.
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#43
# The warrior Trung Sisters commit suicide after their resistance is defeated at Nam Viet in Vietnam.
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#44
Pomponius Mela writes De situ orbis, a geography of the Earth.
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#45
* Paul of Tarsus begins his missionary travels, according to one traditional dating scheme.
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#46
A drought and an invasion of locusts hit the Mongolian steppes, causing a famine and a revolt at Xiongnu.
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#47
Musselburgh is founded in Britain.
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#48
The Hsiung-nu empire dissolves.
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#49
In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a colonia for Roman veterans at Camulodunum (Colchester). Verulamium (St Albans) is probably established as a municipium the same year. A legion is stationed on the borders of the Silures of South Wales in preparation for invasion.
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