What is 23?
{{dablink|This page is about the year 23. For the actual number, see [[23 (number)]].}} {{year nav|23}} {{Year in other calendars}} {{Year article header|23}} == Events == === Roman Empire === * [[Strabo]] publishes ''Geography''. It covers the world known to the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] and [[History of Greece|Greeks]] at the time of Emperor [[Augustus]]. * [[Aelius Sejanus]] gains power in the [[Roman Senate]] and [[Tiberius]]. * [[Gaius Asinius Pollio]], [[Gaius Antistius Vetus]] become [[consuls]] === Asia === * [[Emperor Gengshi of Han|Liu Xuan]] proclaims himself emperor against [[Wang Mang]]. * [[Battle of Kunyang]] - troops under [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Liu Xiu]] defeat 450,000 of [[Wang Mang]]'s troops == Births == * [[Pliny the Elder]], Roman scientist and writer == Deaths == * [[September 14]] – [[Drusus Julius Caesar]], son of the Emperor [[Tiberius]], poisoned * [[October 6]] – [[Wang Mang]], Emperor of the Xin Dynasty [[Category:23]]