__NOTOC__ AD 100 ( C) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was sometimes referred to as year 853 ''

ab urbe condita ''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...

'', i.e., 853 years since the founding of Rome in 753 B.C. The denomination AD 100 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Emperor Trajan and

Sextus Julius Frontinus Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube ...

become Roman Consuls. * Bricks become the primary building material in the Roman Empire. *

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger (), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate ...

advances to consulship, giving his

panegyric A panegyric ( or ) is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. The original panegyrics were speeches delivered at public events in ancient Athens. Etymology The word originated as a compound of grc, ...

on Trajan in the process. * The

Roman Army The Roman army (Latin: ) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (c. 500 BC) to the Roman Republic (500–31 BC) and the Roman Empire (31 BC–395 AD), and its medieval continu ...

reaches 300,000 soldiers. * Titus Avidius Quietus' rule as governor of Roman Britain ends. * Timgad (Thamugas), a Roman colonial town in North Africa, is founded by Trajan. * Trajan creates a policy intended to restore the former economic supremacy of Italy. * The future emperor,

Hadrian Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...

, marries Vibia Sabina.

Europe

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

s become extinct in the Balkans, in the AD 100s.

Asia

* Pakores (last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom) takes the throne. * Paper is used by the general populace in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, starting around this year. * The Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Hadramaut.

Americas

* The Hopewell tradition begins in what is now Ohio c. this date. * Teotihuacan, at the center of Mexico, reaches a population of 50,000. * The Moche civilization emerges, and starts building a society in present-day Peru.

By topic

Arts and sciences

* In China, the wheelbarrow makes its first appearance. * Main hall,

Markets of Trajan Trajan's Market (; ) is a large complex of ruins in the city of Rome, Italy, located on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, at the opposite end to the Colosseum. The surviving buildings and structures, built as an integral part of Trajan's Forum and ne ...

, Rome, is made (until

AD 112 Year 112 ( CXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Cornelius (or, less frequently, year 865 '' Ab urbe condi ...

Religion

* Appearance of the first

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

dogma and formulas regarding morality. * The Gospel of John is widely believed to have been written around this date.''Asimov's Guide to the Bible'', page 954. * The compilation of the Kama sutra begins in India. * The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in

Anguo Anguo (), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" (), is a county-level city under the administration of and south of Baoding, central Hebei province, China. It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine () established around 100. In pre ...

. * The

Fourth Buddhist Council Fourth Buddhist Council is the name of two separate Buddhist councils, Buddhist council meetings. The first one was held in Sri Lanka and is traditionally attributed to the 1st century BCE. In this fourth Buddhist council the Theravadin Pali Cano ...

is convened c. this year.

Births

Fa Zhen Fa Zhen (100–188), courtesy name Gaoqing, art name Xuande Xiansheng, was a reclusive scholar who lived in the Eastern Han dynasty. He was the grandfather of Fa Zheng, a chief adviser to the warlord Liu Bei, who founded the state of Shu Han ...

(or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (d.

188 Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomi ...

) * Faustina the Elder, Roman empress * Justin Martyr, Christian apologist and saint (approximate date) * Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (d.

170 Year 170 ( CLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Clarus and Cornelius (or, less frequently, year 923 ''Ab urbe condita ...

) * Ptolemy, Greek astrologer, astronomer, geographer and mathematician (d. 170) *

Quintus Junius Rusticus Quintus Junius Rusticus (c. 100 – c. 170 AD), was a Roman teacher and politician. He was probably a grandson of Arulenus Rusticus, who was a prominent member of the Stoic Opposition. He was a Stoic philosopher and was one of the teachers ...

, Roman teacher and politician (approximate date) *

Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens (c. 100 – aft. 170) was a Roman senator, who was Consul Ordinarius in 158 with Sextus Sulpicius Tertullus, and Pontifex. An inscription at Side honored Clemens and his son Quintus Tineius Rufus as ''patro ...

, Roman politician (approximate date)

Deaths

Agrippa II Herod Agrippa II (; AD 27/28 – or 100), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client. Agrippa II fled ...

, Jewish king of Judea (b. AD 27) * Apollonius of Tyana, Greek philosopher (b. AD 15) * Josephus, Jewish historian and writer (b.

AD 37 AD 37 ( XXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Pontius (or, less frequently, year 790 ''Ab urbe condita' ...

) * John the Apostle of Jesus Christ (b. AD 6) * Wang Chong, Chinese philosopher (b. AD 27)

References

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