25

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Year 25 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Tiberius settles a dispute between Messenia and Sparta over the Ager Dentheliales on Mount Taygetus, awarding the land to Messenia.
• Lucius Aelius Sejanus unsuccessfully attempts to marry the widow of Drusus Julius Caesar.
• Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, Marcus Asinius Agrippa become consuls.

Asia

• The Han dynasty is restored in China as Liu Xiu proclaims himself Emperor, starting the Jianwu era (->56).
• Luoyang becomes the capital of the Houhan or Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE).

By topic

Arts and Sciences

• Pomponius Mela formalizes the climatic zone system.

Births

• Gaius Julius Civilis, German chieftain

Deaths

• Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Roman historian
• Emperor Gengshi of Han
• Ruzi Ying

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