Year 44 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Consuls are Titus Statilius Taurus and Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus'
• The emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign in triumph, the southeast part of Britain now held by the Roman Empire, but the war will rage for another decade and a half.
• Mauretania becomes a Roman province.
• The Isle of Rhodes returns to the Roman Empire.
• With the death of Herod Agrippa, who may have been poisoned by the Romans, Judaea is controlled by Roman governors.
• Cuspius Fadus, governor of Judea (44-46), suppresses the revolt of Theudas who is decapitated.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

• Pomponius Mela writes De situ orbis, a geography of the Earth.

Births

Deaths

• Saint James the Great (martyrdom)
• Agrippa I of Judea
• Claudia Julia, executed niece of Claudius and Messalina (or 43/45)
• Wu Han, general of Han Dynasty