57

This article is about the year. For other uses, see 57 (number).

Years: 52 53 54 55 56 - 57 - 58 59 60 61 62
Decades: 20s 30s 40s - 50s - 60s 70s 80s
Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Events

Oldest evidence of Japanese writing (see Hanko)
Envoys from Cilicia come to Rome to accuse their late governor, Cossutianus Captio, of extortion; the Roman Senate is supported in the case by Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.
Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman consul.
Paul of Tarsus writes his Epistle to the Colossians (probable date).
Accession of Chinese emperor Han Mingdi,