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Events
By place
Roman Empire
★
Pliny the Younger advances to
consulship.
★
Tiberius Avidius Quietus' rule as governor of
Roman Britain ends.
★
Timgad (Thamugas) founded by Emperor
Trajan.
★
Trajan creates a policy intended to restore the former economic supremacy of
Italy.
★ The
Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers.
★
Bricks become the primary building material in the
Roman Empire.
Europe
★
Lions have become extinct in
Balkans by this date.
Asia
★
Pakores last king of the
Indo-Parthian Kingdom takes the throne.
★ Kingdom of
Himyarite is conquered by the
Hadramaut.
★ Paper is used by the general populace in China starting around 100 CE.
Americas
★
Hopewell culture begins in what is now
Ohio circa this date.
★
Teotihuacan at the center of
Mexico reaches a population of 50,000.
★
Moche civilization emerges and starts building an advanced society in present-day
Peru.
By topic
Arts and Sciences
★ In China, the
wheelbarrow makes its first appearance.
Religion
★ The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in
Anguo,
China.
★
Fourth Buddhist Council is convened circa this year.
★ Appearance of the first
Christian dogma and formulas regarding
morality.
★ The compilation of the
Kama sutra begins in India.
Births
★
Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (approximate date).
★
Justin Martyr,
Christian apologist (approximate date).
Deaths
★
Josephus,
Jewish historian.
★
Agrippa II of
Judea.