57
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- 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,
Births
Deaths
- Chinese emperor Emperor Guangwu of Han



