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| Years: 73 74 75 76 77 78 - 79 - 80 81 82 83 84 | |
| Decades: 50s 60s - 70s - 80s 90s 100s | |
| Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century | |
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Events
- Roman Empire
- June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
- August 24, beginning of eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.
- To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Bernice.
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Births
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Deaths
- June 23 - Roman emperor Vespasian
- August 24 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
- September 23 - Pope Linus
- Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)af:79
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