General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Religion: End of Paul's missionary journeys
Christian persecutions under Nero
- Deaths: Empress Octavia
Europe
- Roman Empire: Nero has wife Octavia killed and marries Poppaea Sabina (wife of friend Otho)
Seneca resigns position in Nero's court
Rome burns (or 64)
End of Parthian Wars of Roman Empire with 10,000 dead
Middle East
- Israel: Gessius Florus named Judaean procurator
Temple completed