43

For alternate uses, see Number 43.

Years: 38 39 40 41 42 - 43 - 44 45 46 47 48
Decades: 10s 20s 30s - 40s - 50s 60s 70s
Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Events

The Roman conquest of Britain begins with the Battle of Medway.
The Romans defeat Britons led by Caratacus
The Romans found the cities of London, then known as Londinium, and Peterborough.
The Romans begin to construct a road that later becomes Ermine Street.
In Coptic Christianity, Mark the Evangelist becomes the first Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria.
Roman emperor Claudius is also a Roman Consul for a second year.
Pomponius Mela, Roman geographer, writes De situ orbis libri (probable date).
Warfare begins between the northern and southern Huns.