7

This page is about the year 7 AD. For the actual number, see 7 (number).

7 (VII) is a common year of the Julian calendar which started on a Saturday. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Monday. It was the 7th year of the 1st century.

Roman Empire

• The Illyrians revolt against Roman rule.
• Pannonians revolt with Dalmatians and Illyrian tribes against Roman rule.
• Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus dismisses the Judean ethnarch Herod Archelaus.
• Publius Quinctilius Varus is appointed governor of Germany.
• Tiberius Quinctilius Varus, legate, is charged with organizing Germany between the Rhine and Elba rivers. He carries out a census, devises tributes and recruits soldiers, all of which create dissension among the Germans.
• Abgarus of Edessa is deposed as king of Osroene.
• Construction of the Temple of Concordia begins.

Asia

• Vonones I of the Arsacid Dynasty becomes ruler of Parthia
• Zhai Yi, Governor of the Commandery of Dong (modern Puyang, Henan) declares Liu Zin, Marquess of Yang Xiang (modern Tai’an, Shandong) emperor. This proves to be the largest of the rebellions against Emperor Ruzi of Han.
• Wang Mang puts down the rebellion during the winter. Zhai is captured and executed while Liu Xin escapes.

Arts and Sciences

• Strabo writes Geographia (some claimed around AD 18).
• Livy is appointed to tutor Claudius in history. Claudius begins writing and researching a history of the Roman Civil Wars which is critical of Augustus. Livia and Antonia Minor force him to stop his work destroying any opportunity for political advancement.

Births

• Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder (d. 33).
• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman General (d. 67).

Deaths

• Athenodoros Cananites, Stoic philosopher (b. 74 BC).