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Events Oldest evidence of Japanese writing (see Hanko) Envoys from Cilicia come to Rome to accuse their late governor, Cossutianus Captio, of extortion; the Roman Senate is supported in the case by Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus. Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman consul. Paul of Tarsus writes his Epistle to the Colossians (probable date). Accession of Chinese emperor Han Mingdi, Births Deaths Chinese emperor Han Guangwudi of Han Dynasty