55

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s  30s  40s  – 50s –  60s  70s  80s
Years:	52 53 54 – 55 – 56 57 58

55 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

55 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	55 LV
Ab urbe condita	808
Assyrian calendar	4805
Bengali calendar	−538
Berber calendar	1005
Buddhist calendar	599
Burmese calendar	−583
Byzantine calendar	5563–5564
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2751 or 2691     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2752 or 2692
Coptic calendar	−229 – −228
Discordian calendar	1221
Ethiopian calendar	47–48
Hebrew calendar	3815–3816
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	111–112
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3156–3157
Holocene calendar	10055
Iranian calendar	567 BP – 566 BP
Islamic calendar	584 BH – 583 BH
Julian calendar	55 LV
Korean calendar	2388
Minguo calendar	1857 before ROC 民前1857年
Seleucid era	366/367 AG
Thai solar calendar	597–598

Year 55 (LV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 808 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 55 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman Consul.
• Agrippina the Younger is expelled from the imperial palace by her son Nero, who installs her in Villa Antonia in Misenum.
• The Roman jurist Sabinus writes three books on the rights of citizens.

By topic

Religion

• The apostle Paul writes his First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Births

• Epictetus, Greek-Roman philosopher (d. 135)

Deaths

• February 11 - Britannicus, son of Claudius (killed by supporters of Nero) (b. 41 AD)

References