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:''This article is about the year AD 23 anthony. For other uses, see [[23 (number)]], [[23 (numerology)]], or [[23 (disambiguation)]].''
{{Year nav 1st century CE|23}}
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Year '''23''' was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
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==Events==
===By place===
====Roman Empire====
* [[Greek literature|Greek]] [[geographer]] [[Strabo]] publishes ''Geography'', a work covering the world known to the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] and [[History of Greece|Greeks]] at the time of Emperor [[Augustus]] - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.
* [[Tiberius]]' son [[Julius Caesar Drusus]] dies. From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure.
* [[Sejanus|Lucius Aelius Sejanus]] begins to dominate the [[Roman Senate]] and [[Tiberius]], after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus.
* [[Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul AD 23)|Gaius Asinius Pollio]] and Gaius Antistius Vetus become [[consuls]].
====Asia====
*[[Emperor Gengshi of Han|Liu Xuan]], a descendant of the [[Han Dynasty]] royal family and leader of insurgents against the [[Xin Dynasty]], proclaims himself emperor against [[Wang Mang]].
* June — After being sieged for 2 months, 9,000 insurgents under [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Liu Xiu]] defeat 450,000 of [[Wang Mang]]'s troops in the [[Battle of Kunyang]], ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of the [[Han Dynasty]] in China.
==Births==
*[[Pliny the Elder]], Roman scientist and writer
==Deaths==
*[[June 15]] — [[Maka Dan-Dang]], daughter of [[Maka Na-Zhen]], the first person recorded to be strangled by the trunk of an elephant
*[[September 14]] — [[Drusus Julius Caesar]], son of the Emperor [[Tiberius]], poisoned
*[[October 6]] — [[Wang Mang]], "usurper" of the throne of the [[Han Dynasty]] and Emperor of the Xin Dynasty
*[[Liu Xin]], Chinese astronomer
*[[Liu Yan (general)|Liu Yan]], Chinese general
*[[Empress Wang (Ping)|Empress Wang]]
*[[Juba II]], King of Mauretania
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