39

39 (XXXIX) was a common year beginning on a Thursday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulate of Augustus and Caesianus (or less frequently, year 792 Ab urbe condita). The designation 39 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the A.D. era became the prevalent European method of naming years.

Events

• Caligula orders the recruitment of the Legio XV Primigenia and the Legio XXII Primigenia.
• Legion IV Macedonic leaves Hispania, being sent to Germania Inferior.

Births

• November 3 - Marco Anneo Lucano, Roman poet.
• December 30 - Titus, emperor of Rome (79-81).

Deaths

• Seneca the Old, rhetoric Cordobes, author of the Suasorias and Disputes.