This article is about the year AD 23. For other uses, see 23 , 23 , or 23 .
Year 23 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Roman Empire
Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.
Tiberius' son Julius Caesar Drusus dies. From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure.
Lucius Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate and Tiberius, after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus.
Gaius Asinius Pollio and Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls.
Asia
Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty royal family and leader of insurgents against the Xin Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang.
June ? After being sieged for 2 months, 9,000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wa
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