55

This article is about the year 55. For the number (and other uses), see 55 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s  30s  40s  – 50s –  60s  70s  80s
Years:	52 53 54 – 55 – 56 57 58

55 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

55 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	55 LV
Ab urbe condita	808
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4805
Bahá'í calendar	-1789–-1788
Bengali calendar	-538
Berber calendar	1005
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	599
Burmese calendar	-583
Byzantine calendar	5563–5564
Chinese calendar	甲寅年十一月十四日 (2691/2751-11-14) — to — 乙卯年十一月廿四日 (2692/2752-11-24)
Coptic calendar	-229–-228
Ethiopian calendar	47–48
Hebrew calendar	3815–3816
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	111–112
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3156–3157
Holocene calendar	10055
Iranian calendar	567 BP – 566 BP
Islamic calendar	584 BH – 583 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2388
Minguo calendar	1857 before ROC 民前1857年
Thai solar calendar	598

Year 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 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

• Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman Consul.
• Agrippina the Younger is expelled from the imperial palace by her son Nero, who installs her in Villa Antonia in Misenum.
• 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

Deaths

• Britannicus, son of Claudius (killed by supporters of Nero)