AD 100
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Year 100 (C) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- 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.
- Tiberius Avidius Quietus' rule as governor of Roman Britain ends.
- Timgad (Thamugas) is founded by Emperor Trajan.
- Trajan creates a policy intended to restore the former economic supremacy of Italy.
Europe
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 circa this date.
- Teotihuacan, at the center of Mexico, reaches a population of 50,000.
- The 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.
- 100–112 – Main hall, Markets of Trajan, Rome, is made.
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 circa this year.
Births
- Justin Martyr, Christian apologist (approximate date)
- Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (approximate date)
Deaths
References
- ^ Asimov's Guide to the Bible, page 954.