AD 55

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	30s 40s 50s 60s 70s
Years:	52 53 54 AD 55 56 57 58

AD 55 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 55 LV
Ab urbe condita	808
Assyrian calendar	4805
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−538
Berber calendar	1005
Buddhist calendar	599
Burmese calendar	−583
Byzantine calendar	5563–5564
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2752 or 2545     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2753 or 2546
Coptic calendar	−229 – −228
Discordian calendar	1221
Ethiopian calendar	47–48
Hebrew calendar	3815–3816
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	111–112
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3155–3156
Holocene calendar	10055
Iranian calendar	567 BP – 566 BP
Islamic calendar	584 BH – 583 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 55 LV
Korean calendar	2388
Minguo calendar	1857 before ROC 民前1857年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1413
Seleucid era	366/367 AG
Thai solar calendar	597–598
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 181 or −200 or −972     — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 182 or −199 or −971

AD 55 (LV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 808 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 55 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Nero becomes a Roman Consul.
• The Roman jurist Sabinus writes three books on the rights of citizens.

By topic

Religion

• The apostle Paul writes his First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Births

• Epictetus, Greek-Roman philosopher (d. 135)

Deaths

• February 11 – Britannicus, son of Claudius (b. AD 41)
• Antonia Tryphaena, Roman client queen (b. 10 BC)
• Izates bar Monobaz, Parthian client king (b. c. AD 1)