100s (decade)

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The 100s decade ran from January 1, 100, to December 31, 109.

Events

100

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Trajan and Sextus Julius Frontinus become Roman Consuls.
  • Bricks become the primary building material in the Roman Empire.
  • Pliny the Younger advances to consulship, giving his panegyric on Trajan in the process.
  • The Roman Army 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, marries Vibia Sabina.
Europe[]
  • Lions became 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, 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, Rome, is made (until AD 112).
Religion[]
  • Appearance of the first Christian dogma and formulas regarding morality.
  • The Gospel of John is widely believed to have been written around this date.[1]
  • The compilation of the Kama sutra begins in India.
  • The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China.
  • The Fourth Buddhist Council is convened c. this year.

101

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]

By topic[]

Literature[]
  • Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses of Epictetus (approximate date).

102

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Roman Empire[]

Europe

  • Saxo Vandowicz the II settles into Poland.
Asia[]
  • Having organised the territories of the Tarim basin, Chinese General Ban Chao retires to Luoyang and dies shortly thereafter.

103

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]

By topic[]

Religion[]

104

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]
The Trajan's Bridge across the lower Danube, as seen from Drobeta. Reconstruction by the engineer E. Duperrex in 1907
  • Pliny the Younger continues as a member of the College of Augurs (103–104).[2]
  • Nijmegen is renamed Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum.
  • A fire breaks out in Rome.[3][unreliable source?]

By topic[]

Religion[]
  • In India, figures of Buddha replace abstract motifs on decorative items.

105

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]
  • Emperor Trajan starts the second expedition against Dacia; he leaves with the Imperial Roman fleet from Brundusium.
  • Permanent castrum of Legio II Adiutrix at Aquincum (modern Budapest) in Pannonia.
  • Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix and II Traiana Fortis are created by Trajan.
  • The Romans conquer Kerak from the Nabateans.
  • Pacorus II of Parthia dies after a 27-year reign, in which he has reclaimed all of his empire. His successor Vologases III reigns until 147 AD, suppressing brief rebellions, as he battles against the Kushan and Alani.
Asia[]
  • Emperor He Di dies after a 17-year reign in which court eunuchs and the emperor's in-laws have regained influence. Empress Deng Sui places her son Shang Di (barely 3 months old) on the throne, as the fifth emperor of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
  • Last year (17th) of yongyuan era and start of yuanxing era of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
  • A peace treaty is signed between Baekje and Silla in the Korean peninsula (the war started in AD 85).

By topic[]

Art and Science[]
  • Papermaking is refined by the Chinese eunuch Cai Lun, who receives official praise from the emperor for his methods of making paper from tree bark, hemp, remnant rags and fish nets. Paper had been made in China from the 2nd century BC, but Cai Lun's paper provides a writing surface far superior to pure silk and is much less costly to produce. Bamboo and wooden slips will remain the usual materials for books and scrolls in most of the world for another 200 years, and paper will remain a Chinese secret for 500 years.
  • The Trajan Bridge is finished. For more than a thousand years, it is the longest arch bridge in the world to have been built, in terms of both total and span length.[4]
Religion[]

106

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]
Decebalus' suicidal death, from Trajan's Column
China[]

By topic[]

Literature[]

107

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By place[]

Roman Empire[]
Asia[]

108

This section is transcluded from AD 108. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]

By topic[]

Arts and sciences[]

109

This section is transcluded from AD 109. ( | )

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Roman Empire[]

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Religion[]

Significant people[]

Births[]

Transcluding articles: AD 100, AD 101, AD 102, AD 103, AD 104, AD 105, AD 106, AD 107, AD 108, and AD 109

AD 100

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Deaths[]

Transcluding articles: AD 100, AD 101, AD 102, AD 103, AD 104, AD 105, AD 106, AD 107, AD 108, and AD 109

AD 100

101

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108

References[]

  1. ^ Asimov's Guide to the Bible, page 954.
  2. ^ Gordon, Richard L.; Petridou, Georgia; Rüpke, Jörg (2017). Beyond Priesthood: Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-11-044818-4.
  3. ^ Dando-Collins, Stephen (2010). The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City. Hachette Books. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-306-81933-9.
  4. ^ In terms of overall length, the bridge seems to have been surpassed by another Roman bridge across the Danube, Constantine's Bridge, a little-known structure whose length is given with 2437 m (Tudor 1974, p. 139; Galliazzo 1994, p. 319).
  5. ^ "Licinius Sura, Lucius - Oxford Reference". www.oxfordreference.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. ^ Shelton, Jo-Ann (2013). The Women of Pliny's Letters. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-415-37428-6.
  7. ^ Banerjee, Gauranganath (January 0101). India As Known to the Ancient World. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 22.
  8. ^ Xu, Zhenoao; Pankenier, W.; Jiang, Yaotiao (2000). East-Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea. CRC Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-90-5699-302-3.
  9. ^ Li, Xiaobing (2012). China at War: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 549. ISBN 978-1-59884-415-3.
  10. ^ Kvint, Vladimir (2015). Strategy for the Global Market: Theory and Practical Applications. Routledge. p. 8. ISBN 9781317485575.
  11. ^ Rafe de Crespigny (28 December 2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). BRILL. pp. 531–. ISBN 978-90-474-1184-0.
  12. ^ Tan Koon San (15 August 2014). Dynastic China: An Elementary History. The Other Press. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-983-9541-88-5.
  13. ^ A Companion to Latin Studies. CUP Archive. pp. 140–. GGKEY:2AE1DU53Z2Y.
  14. ^ Michael Loewe (2 June 2016). Problems of Han Administration: Ancestral Rites, Weights and Measures, and the Means of Protest. BRILL. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-90-04-31490-0.
  15. ^ Biographischer Index der Antike (in German). Walter de Gruyter. 2012. p. 156. ISBN 978-3-11-095441-8.
Bibliography
  • Tudor, D. (1974), "Le pont de Constantin le Grand à Celei", Les ponts romains du Bas-Danube, Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae Études, 51, Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, pp. 135–166
  • Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994), I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, Vol. 2, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, pp. 320–324 (No. 646), ISBN 88-85066-66-6 |volume= has extra text (help)
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