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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 1st century2nd century3rd century
Decades: 80s  90s  100s  – 110s –  120s  130s  140s
Years: 114 115 116117118 119 120
117 by topic
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117 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 117
CXVII
Ab urbe condita 870
Armenian calendar N/A
Assyrian calendar 4867
Bahá'í calendar -1727–-1726
Bengali calendar -476
Berber calendar 1067
English Regnal year N/A
Buddhist calendar 661
Burmese calendar -521
Byzantine calendar 5625–5626
Chinese calendar 丙辰年十一月十一日
(2753/2813-11-11)
— to —
丁巳年十一月二十日
(2754/2814-11-20)
Coptic calendar -167–-166
Ethiopian calendar 109–110
Hebrew calendar 3877–3878
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 173–174
 - Shaka Samvat 39–40
 - Kali Yuga 3218–3219
Holocene calendar 10117
Igbo calendar
 - Ǹrí Ìgbò -883–-882
Iranian calendar 505 BP – 504 BP
Islamic calendar 521 BH – 520 BH
Japanese calendar
Juche calendar N/A (before 1912)
Julian calendar 117    CXVII
Korean calendar 2450
Minguo calendar 1795 before ROC
民前1795年
Thai solar calendar 660
The Roman Empire reaches its maximal extent between 116 and 117

Year 117 (CXVII) was a common 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 Niger and Apronianus (or, less frequently, year 870 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 117 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.

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Roman Empire [edit]

  • Trajan subdues a Jewish revolt (the Kitos War), then falls seriously ill, leaving Hadrian in command of the east.
  • On his death bed, Trajan adopts Hadrian and designates him as his successor.
  • August 9 – Emperor Trajan dies of a stroke at Selinus in Cilicia, age 63, while en route from Mesopotamia to Italy. Leaving the Roman Empire at its maximal territorial extent.
  • Hadrian, who will reign until 138, succeeds him.
    • Hadrian, a Spaniard like Trajan, as Emperor inaugurates a civil government,[citation needed] giving up the policy of conquest of his predecessor in order to consolidate the empire.
  • Hadrian returns large parts of Mesopotamia to the Parthians as part of a peace settlement.
  • Construction begins on the Pantheon in Rome.

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Commerce [edit]

  • The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 87 percent under emperor Hadrian, down from 93 percent in the reign of Trajan.

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