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| c. 60 |
| | | St Paul arrives in Rome a prisoner, but then spends two years freely preaching Christianity | |
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| 60 |
| | | Boudicca launches a devastating attack on Roman soldiers and settlers, destroying their headquarters at Colchester | |
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| 64 |
| | | A great fire in Rome is popularly believed to have been started by Nero, whom legend also accuses of fiddling while the city burns | |
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| c. 64 |
| | | Early Christian tradition states that both Peter and Paul meet death in Rome as martyrs, possibly as a result of the fire of AD 64 | |
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| 66 |
| | | The Zealots play a prominent part in the uprising which expels the Romans from Jerusalem | |
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| 66 |
| | | Josephus is in Jerusalem at the start of the rebellion against the Romans, and will later describe its suppression in his Jewish War | |
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| 66 |
| | | Nero comes to Athens to give some of his officially celebrated performances at the Greek games | |
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| c. 68 |
| | | The Essenes hide their sacred scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea, to save them from the Romans | |
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| 69 |
| | | A rebellion in Spain prompts such chaos that Rome has four emperors within a year, after the suicide of Nero in 68 | |
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| 69 |
| | | Vespasian, proclaimed emperor by his troops in Alexandria, is the survivor among this year's four emperors | |
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