42

This page is about the year 42. For other uses, see 42 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	39 40 41 – 42 – 43 44 45

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42 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Piso.

Roman Empire

• Romans take control of Ceuta.
• Lands now known as Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province.
• The Dalmatian legate Furius Camillus Scribonianus revolts. His troops do not support him and the rebellion quickly ends.
• Claudius starts building the Port of Ostia.

Asia

• Suro becomes the first king of Geumgwan Gaya in the Korean peninsula.
• Chinese General My Yuan puts down the rebellion of the Trung sisters in Tonkin.

Religion

• 25 January: the apostle Paul becomes a Christian. The exact date is not known, but the Catholic Church has chosen to celebrate it on this date.

Births

• Herennius Philo (approximate date) (d. 141)
• Pope Sixtus I (d. 124)

Deaths

• Arria
• Gaius Appius Junius Silanus