AD 33

AD 33 (XXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman world as the Year of the Consulship of Ocella and Sulla (or, less frequently, year 786 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 33 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in the world for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	10s 20s 30s 40s 50s
Years:	30 31 32 AD 33 34 35 36

AD 33 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 33 XXXIII
Ab urbe condita	786
Assyrian calendar	4783
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−560
Berber calendar	983
Buddhist calendar	577
Burmese calendar	−605
Byzantine calendar	5541–5542
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2730 or 2523     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2731 or 2524
Coptic calendar	−251 – −250
Discordian calendar	1199
Ethiopian calendar	25–26
Hebrew calendar	3793–3794
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	89–90
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3133–3134
Holocene calendar	10033
Iranian calendar	589 BP – 588 BP
Islamic calendar	607 BH – 606 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 33 XXXIII
Korean calendar	2366
Minguo calendar	1879 before ROC 民前1879年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1435
Seleucid era	344/345 AG
Thai solar calendar	575–576
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 159 or −222 or −994     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 160 or −221 or −993

Events

By date

• April 3 – According to Colin Humphrey's account, Jesus of Nazareth's Last Supper takes place.^[1][2]

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Tiberius founds a credit bank in Rome.^[3]
• A financial crisis hits Rome,^[4] due to poorly chosen fiscal policies. Land values plummet, and credit is increased. These actions lead to a lack of money, a crisis of confidence, and much land speculation. The primary victims are senators, knights and the wealthy. Many aristocratic families are ruined.

China

• Although the usurpation of Wang Mang and the Chimei Rebellion are behind him, Emperor Guangwu now faces a new threat to the Han dynasty: the Rebellion of Gongsun Shu in the Sichuan province. Gongsun's naval forces are unsuccessful against Han General Cen Peng, so Gongsun decides to fortify his position by blockading the entire Yangtze River with a large floating pontoon bridge, complete with floating fortified posts. After Cen Peng is unable to break through, he constructs several "castle ships" with high ramparts and ramming vessels known as "colliding swoopers", which break through Gongsun's lines and allow Cen to quell his rebellion. Gongsun Shu is totally defeated three years later.

Births

• Gaius Rubellius Plautus, son of Gaius Rubellius Blandus and Julia Livia (granddaughter of Tiberius) (d. AD 62)

Deaths

• April 3 – Jesus of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion)^{[5][6][7][8][9][1][2]} The other possible dates supported by a number of scholars are April 7, AD 30 and April 6, AD 31.^[10]
• Agrippina the Elder, daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, wife of Germanicus (suicide by starvation;^[11] b. c. 14 BC)
• Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive son of Tiberius (starvation;^[12] b. AD 8)
• Gaius Asinius Gallus, widower of Vipsania Agrippina and alleged lover of Agrippina the elder (starvation)^[13]
• Lucius Aelius Larnia, Roman consul, governor and praefectus urbi in Rome (natural causes; b. c. 45 BC)
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman consul and father-in-law of Drusus Caesar (natural causes;^[14] b. c. 30 BC)
• Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman jurist (suicide by starvation; b. c. 5 BC)
• Munatia Plancina, wife of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (suicide)

References

1. Humphreys, Colin J. (2011). The Mystery of the Last Supper. Cambridge University Press. pp. 77 and 189. ISBN 978-0521732000.
2. "Last Supper 'was on a Wednesday'". United Kingdom: BBC. April 18, 2011.
3. Harris, W. V. (2011). Rome's Imperial Economy: Twelve Essays. Oxford University Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-19-959516-7.
4. Thornton, M. K.; Thornton, R. L. (1990). "The Financial Crisis of A.D. 33: A Keynesian Depression?". The Journal of Economic History. 50 (3): 655–662. doi:10.1017/S0022050700037207. ISSN 0022-0507. JSTOR 2122822. S2CID 154785575.
5. Humphreys, Colin J.; Waddington, W. G. (December 22, 1983). "Dating the Crucifixion". Nature. 306 (5945): 743–46. Bibcode:1983Natur.306..743H. doi:10.1038/306743a0.
6. Humphreys, C. J.; Waddington, W. G. (1992). "The Jewish calendar, a lunar eclipse and the date of Christ's crucifixion". Tyndale Bulletin. 43 (2): 331–351. doi:10.53751/001c.30487.
7. Maier, P.L. (1968). "Sejanus, Pilate, and the Date of the Crucifixion". Church History. 37 (1): 3–13. doi:10.2307/3163182. JSTOR 3163182. S2CID 162410612.
8. Fotheringham, J.K. (1934). "The evidence of astronomy and technical chronology for the date of the crucifixion". Journal of Theological Studies. 35 (138): 146–162. doi:10.1093/jts/os-XXXV.138.146. S2CID 162258391.
9. Blinzler, J. Der Prozess Jesu, fourth edition, Regensburg, Pustet, 1969, pp101-126
10. Rainer Riesner, Paul's Early Period: Chronology, Mission Strategy, Theology (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1998), page 58.
11. Salisbury, Joyce E. (2001). Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. ABC-CLIO. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-57607-092-5.
12. Fantham, Elaine (2006). Julia Augusti: The Emperor's Daughter. Taylor & Francis. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-415-33145-6.
13. Bunson, Matthew (2002). Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire (2nd ed.). Infobase Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8160-4562-4.
14. Hazel, John (2002). Who's who in the Roman world (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-415-29162-0.