AD 80 (LXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Domitianus (or, less frequently, year 833 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 80 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

• An epidemic afflicts Rome.

• Martial publishes the Liber Spectaculorum.

Asia

• King Pasa becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

Births

• Aspasius, Greek philosopher and writer (approximate date)

• Aśvaghoṣa, Indian philosopher and poet (d. c. 150)

• Yin, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty (d. 103)

Deaths

• Kujula Kadphises, Kushan prince (approximate date)

• Lucius Vipstanus Messalla, Roman politician

• Philip the Apostle, Christian apostle and martyr

• Talhae of Silla, Korean ruler of Silla

• Vologases II, king of the Parthian Empire

• Zhao Xi, Chinese politician (b. AD 4)

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