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'''AD 56''' ('''[[Roman numerals|LVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the '''Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Scipio''' (or, less frequently, '''year 809 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''').<ref>{{Cite book|author=Platina|title=The Lives of the Popes: From the Time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sixtus IV|publisher=C. Wilkinson|year=1471|pages=7}}</ref> The denomination AD 56 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fabry|first=Merrill|date=August 31, 2016|title=Now You Know: When Did People Start Saying That the Year Was 'A.D.'?|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://time.com/4462775/bc-ad-dating-history/|access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref>

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* War between [[Imperial Rome|Rome]] and [[Parthia]] breaks out due to the invasion of [[Armenia]] by King [[Vologases I of Parthia|Vologases I]], who has replaced the Roman-supported ruler with his brother [[Tiridates I of Armenia]]. (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cartwright|first=Mark|date=March 6, 2018|title=The Roman-Parthian War 58-63 CE|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1198/the-roman-parthian-war-58-63-ce/|url-status=live|access-date=October 13, 2021|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417164223/https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1198/the-roman-parthian-war-58-63-ce/ |archive-date=April 17, 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus]] becomes a consul in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fontán|first=Antonio|title=Humanismo y pervivencia del mundo clásico|publisher=Ediciones del Laberinto|year=2002|isbn=9788484831563|pages=1284}}</ref>

==== Asian Calendar ====
* The ''Jianwu'' era of the Eastern [[Han dynasty]] changes to the ''Jianwuzhongyuan'' era.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hing|first=Ming Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|publisher=Algora Publishing|year=2020|isbn=9781628944181}}</ref>

=== Religion===

* The [[apostle Paul]] writes his [[second Epistle to the Corinthians]], probably from [[Philippi]]. 
* The apostle Paul writes his [[Epistle to the Romans]], from [[Corinth]].

== Births ==
* [[Tacitus|Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], Roman historian.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tacitus-Roman-historian | access-date=February 22, 2024 | title=Tacitus | first=Alexander Hugh | last=MacDonald | series=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Lucius Volusius Saturninus (suffect consul 3)|Lucius Volusius Saturninus]], Roman politician and governor<ref>[[Pliny the Elder]], [[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]] VII.62</ref>

== References ==
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