Year 58 (LVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Roman Empire Roman emperor Nero's also a Roman Consul. The friendship between Nero and Otho ends when they both fall in love with Poppea Sabina, and Otho's sent to Lusitania as governor. War with the Parthians begins. Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman commander in the east captures Artaxata in Armenia, in the war against Parthia. The Ficus Ruminalis begins to die… (More on 58)