in a revolt in the province, led by Judas of Galilee, and supported by the Pharisee Zadok. The revolt is repressed, and the rebels are crucified, but it results in the birth of the Zealot movement, the members of which regard the God of Judaism as their only master. China January – Some Chinese fear for the life of the young, ailing Emperor Ping Di as the planet Mars disappears behind the moon this month. February 3 – The boy emperor, Ping Di, dies of unexpected causes at age 14; Wang Mang alone selects the new emperor, Ruzi Ying, age 2, starting the Jushe era of the Han Dynasty. Candidates for government office must take civil-service examinations. The imperial Liu clan suspects the intentions of Wang Mang and foment agrarian rebellions during the course of Ruzi Ying's reign. The first of these is led by Liu Chong, Marquess of Ang-Zong (a/k/a Marquis of An-chung), with a small force starting in May or June. Births Gaius Manlius Valens, Roman senator and consul (d. AD 96) John the Apostle, Jewish Christian mystic (approximate date) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman politician (d. AD 39) Milonia Caesonia, Roman empress (d. AD 41) Nero Julius Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. AD 30) Deaths February 3 – Ping, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (b. 9 BC) Cleopatra Selene II, Egyptian ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya (b. 40 BC) Orodes III, king (shah) of the Parthian Empire Terentia, wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 98 BC) References Sources als:0er#Johr 6