48

This article is about the year 48. For the number, see 48 (number). For other uses, see 48 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	45 46 47 – 48 – 49 50 51

48 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

48 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	48 XLVIII
Ab urbe condita	801
Assyrian calendar	4798
Bengali calendar	−545
Berber calendar	998
Buddhist calendar	592
Burmese calendar	−590
Byzantine calendar	5556–5557
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2744 or 2684     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2745 or 2685
Coptic calendar	−236 – −235
Discordian calendar	1214
Ethiopian calendar	40–41
Hebrew calendar	3808–3809
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	104–105
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3149–3150
Holocene calendar	10048
Iranian calendar	574 BP – 573 BP
Islamic calendar	592 BH – 591 BH
Julian calendar	48 XLVIII
Korean calendar	2381
Minguo calendar	1864 before ROC 民前1864年
Seleucid era	359/360 AG
Thai solar calendar	590–591

Year 48 (XLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vitellius and Poplicola (or, less frequently, year 801 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 48 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Consuls are Aulus Vitellius and Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola.
• The emperor Claudius invests Agrippa II with the office of superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem.
• After the execution of his wife Messalina, Claudius gets senatorial approval to marry his niece, Agrippina the Younger.
• Vitellius is a Roman Consul.
• Publius Ostorius Scapula, governor of Britain, announces his intention to disarm all Britons south and east of the Trent and Severn. The Iceni, an independent, allied kingdom within that area, revolt but are defeated. Ostorius then moves against the Deceangli in north Wales, but is forced to abandon the campaign to deal with a revolt among the allied Brigantes.
• Gallic nobles are admitted to the Roman Senate. Claudius grants the rights of citizenship to the Aedui.

Asia

• The Hsiung-nu empire dissolves.
• The emperor of China, Guang Wudi (Kouang Wou-Ti), restores Chinese domination of Inner Mongolia. The Xiongnu are made confederates and guard the Northern border of the empire.

By topic

Religion

• Probable date of the Apostolic Council. Paul of Tarsus begins his first mission (approximate date, see 47).
• According to Christian legend, Martha travels to Avignon.

Births

• Ts'ai Lun, Chinese researcher and inventor of paper (d. 121)
• Ulpia Marciana, sister of emperor Trajan (d. 112)

Deaths

• Valeria Messalina, third wife of emperor Claudius (b. 17/20)