A number of Emperor Gengshi's generals, feeling…

Emperor Gengshi's forces cause the death of the former Western Han emperor-designate, Emperor Ruzi (Liu Ying), in 2.

Two co-conspirators—Fang Wang, the former strategist for the local warlord Wei Xiao, and a man named Gong Lin—and their group of several thousand men, after kidnapping the former Duke of Ding'an, occupy Linjing (in modern Qingyang, Gansu).

Emperor Gengshi sends his prime minister Li Song to attack them, and wipes out this rebel force, killing Liu Ying.

Liu Xiu finally makes a formal break with Emperor Gengshi in summer 25, after his generals and Emperor Gengshi's generals fight over control of the Henei and Luoyang regions.

He declares himself emperor (establishing the regime known later as the Eastern Han Dynasty), and soon his general Deng Yu also captures the modern Shanxi, further reducing Emperor Gengshi's strength.

Tiberius, although owing his throne, in part, to his mother’s influence-wielding, has thwarted her attempts to gain greater personal power during his reign.

Liu Gong, seeing the dangers of the situation for his brother the emperor, decides in 26 to make one attempt to either put the situation under control or disengage his brother from the mess.

At the New Year's Day imperial gathering, Liu Gong first speaks and asks that Emperor Penzi be allowed to yield the throne, and Emperor Penzi jumps off the throne, removes from his person the the imperial sea, and speaks while crying: “Now there is an emperor, but everyone continues to act as robbers.

The people hate us and do not trust us.

This is because you chose the wrong Son of Heaven.

Please return my body to me.

But if you want to kill me to divert blame, then I must die.” Fan and the other leaders are ashamed, and they leave their seats and bow down to Emperor Penzi, apologizing for their failures.

They physically force Emperor Penzi back onto the throne and restore the imperial seal onto his person.

For weeks after the incident, the generals restrain their soldiers from unlawful acts, and the people praise Emperor Penzi as a merciful and brilliant emperor.

However, the lawlessness returns before long.

Soon, the food supplies are completely depleted, and the Chimei forces burn many Chang'an palaces and other buildings and pillage the city, then march west into the modern eastern Gansu region.

In autumn 26, The Chimei forces attack the territory held by the regional warlord Wei Xiao, but are repelled by Wei.

At this time, they suffer from a sudden cold spell that freezes many soldiers to death.

They head back east and reenter Chang'an and engage in a series of battles with Deng and, despite their reduced strength at this time, continue to defeat Deng regularly.

The wars lead to a severe famine in the Guangzhong region, which affects not only the people of the region but also both Chimei and Deng's forces.

The Chimei, lacking food, eventually abandon Chang'an and head east.

Liu Xiu sets up two forces at Xin'an in modern Luoyang, Henan) and Yiyang (also in modern Luoyang) to block their progress, as his forces under Deng and Feng Yi, whom he had sent to relieve Deng, continue to battle the Chimei.

Pontius Pilate, becoming, under Tiberias, the fifth Roman procurator (governor) of Judea in 26, also has jurisdiction over Samaria and part of Idumaea.

Pilate's title was traditionally thought to have been procurator, since Tacitus speaks of him as such.

However, a damaged dedication by a Pilate of a Tiberieum on a limestone block known as the Pilate Stone—a dedication to Tiberius Caesar Augustus—that will be discovered in 1961 in the ruins of an amphitheater at Caesarea Maritima, the capital of the province of Judaea (Iudaea), refers to Pilate as "Prefect of Judaea".

The dedication states that he was [...]ECTVS IUDA[...] (usually read as praefectus Iudaeae), that is, prefect of Judaea.

Thus, the early governors of Judaea appear to be of prefect rank, whereas the later are of procurator rank, beginning in CE 44 with Cuspius Fadus.

The inscription, discovered by a group led by Antonio Frova and dated to CE 26–37, is currently housed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, while a replica stands at Caesarea.

Tiberius finally retires from Rome altogether in CE 2 to the island of Capri, where he will spend the remainder of his life until his death in 37.

With Tiberius's withdrawal, Sejanus is left in charge of the entire state mechanism and the city of Rome.

Guarded by the Praetorians, Sejanus easily controls all information that passes between Tiberius and the capital.

The Chimei win a great victory against both Deng and Feng at Hu (in modern Sanmenxia, Henan) in spring 27—a rarity in the records regarding them in that the battle tactics demonstrating Chimei generals' brilliance are recorded in historical accounts.

The Chimei general engages in the tactic of feigning defeat and retreat—abandoning what appeared to be supplies of food.

Deng's forces, also hungry, try to take the food, which turns out to only contain one layer of beans with dirt underneath.

Having lured Deng's forces into a condition of panic, the Chimei forces then converge, defeating their foes.

The victory at Hu is to be the last for the Chimei.

About a month later, they suffer a major defeat at Feng's hands—in which Feng creates confusion for the Chimei by also coloring his troops' eyebrows red.

The remnants of the Chimei withdraw east toward Yiyang.

Liu Xiu personally leads the troops to wait for them.

As the Chimei arrive at Yiyang, they are surprised to see Liu Xiu's overwhelming forces, and decide to negotiate surrender terms.

After Liu Xiu agrees not to execute Emperor Penzi, the Chimei emperor and generals surrender.

The Chimei generals and their families are settled in the Eastern Han capital of Luoyang and given regular stipends and land, but not official positions.

Eventually, Fan and Pang prepare to rebel again, and they are discovered and executed.

Yang and Xu return to their home lands, where they will die of old age.

Xie is assassinated by Liu Gong to avenge Emperor Gengshi, and Liu Xiu, sympathetic to Liu Gong, pardons him.

Liu Xiu makes the former Emperor Penzi an assistant to his uncle Liu Liang, the Prince of Zhao.

Liu Penzi will later suffer an illness that will leave him blind, and Liu Xiu will give him a large swarth of farmland, allowing him to survive on the rent from the farms.