53

Year 53 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Roman Empire

 * removes from the tetrarchy of.
 * Claudius secures a senatorial decree that gives jurisdiction in financial cases to imperial procurators. This marks a significant strengthening of imperial powers at the expense of the.
 * marries.
 * Claudius accepts Nero as his successor to the detriment of, his son by his first wife,.

Religion

 * Euodius succeeds as.

Arts and Sciences

 * writes the tragedy Agamemnon, which he intends to be read as the last chapter of a trilogy including two of his other tragedies, Medea and Œdipus.

Births

 * Kanishka I, king of the in, protector of
 * , Syrian theologian
 * , first wife of Roman Emperor
 * , first wife of Roman Emperor