AD 48

This article is about the 48th year of the Common Era. For "Ad48", adenovirus serotype 48, see Adenoviridae.

AD 48 (XLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vitellius and Poplicola (or, less frequently, year 801 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 48 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.

AD 48 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 48 XLVIII
Ab urbe condita	801
Assyrian calendar	4798
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−546 – −545
Berber calendar	998
Buddhist calendar	592
Burmese calendar	−590
Byzantine calendar	5556–5557
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2745 or 2538     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2746 or 2539
Coptic calendar	−236 – −235
Discordian calendar	1214
Ethiopian calendar	40–41
Hebrew calendar	3808–3809
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	104–105
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3148–3149
Holocene calendar	10048
Iranian calendar	574 BP – 573 BP
Islamic calendar	592 BH – 591 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 48 XLVIII
Korean calendar	2381
Minguo calendar	1864 before ROC 民前1864年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1420
Seleucid era	359/360 AG
Thai solar calendar	590–591
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Sheep) 174 or −207 or −979     — to — ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 175 or −206 or −978

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Claudius invests Agrippa II with the office of superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem.
• After the execution of his wife Messalina, Claudius gets senatorial approval to marry his niece, Agrippina the Younger.
• Publius Ostorius Scapula, governor of Britain, announces his intention to disarm all Britons south and east of the Trent and Severn. The Iceni, an independent, allied kingdom within that area, revolt but are defeated. Ostorius then moves against the Deceangli in north Wales, but is forced to abandon the campaign to deal with a revolt among the allied Brigantes.
• Gallic nobles are admitted to the Roman Senate. Claudius grants the rights of citizenship to the Aedui.

China

• Emperor Guang Wu of Han, restores Chinese domination of Inner Mongolia. The Xiongnu are made confederates and guard the Northern border of the empire.
• The Xiangnu empire dissolves.

Korea

• Mobon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.^[1]

By topic

Religion

• Paul of Tarsus through his first mission goes to Cyprus and Asia Minor.
• According to Christian tradition, Martha travels to Avignon.

Births

• Cai Lun, Chinese inventor and politician (d. 121)
• Ulpia Marciana, sister of Trajan (d. 112)

Deaths

• Gaius Silius, Roman politician (b. AD 13)
• Minjung, Korean ruler of Goguryeo^[1]
• Mnester, Roman pantomime actor
• Valeria Messalina, wife of Claudius^[2]