- For alternate uses, see Number 43.
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.
Births - Martial, Roman poet.
Deaths - Togodumnus, King of the Catuvellauni.
- Claudia Julia, executed niece of Claudius and Messalina (or 44/45) (b. 5).
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