AD 106

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Year 106 (CVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica (or, less frequently, '*year 859 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 106 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

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Ignatius writes a letter to Christians in Smyrna, using the term Catholic Church (approximate date). This is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term "Catholic Church".
Emperor Trajan conquers the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains, and surrounds the capital, Sarmizegetusa.
Battle of Sarmizegetusa: The Dacians are defeated with 50,000 captured. King Decebalus flees and commits suicide.
August 11 – The south-eastern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. The veterans of the legions are given land in the new province for their service in the Roman army.
Trajan annexes the Nabataean Kingdom (with its capital Petra) as the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. The epoch of the calendar of the province of Arabia begins on March 22.
Romans construct a road between Eilat and Damascus.

China

February 13 – Emperor He of Han dies after a 18-year reign. Empress Dowager Deng places her infant son Han Shangdi on the Chinese throne. First and the only year of yanping era.
September 21 – Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign and is succeeded by his 12-year-old cousin Han Andi as ruler of the Chinese Eastern Han dynasty (until 125).

By topic

Literature

Aelianus Tacticus (or Aelian) writes his Taktike Theoria (approximate date).

Deaths

February 13 – He of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. AD 79)
September 21 – Han Shangdi, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 105)
Decebalus, king of Dacia (suicide, being pursued by the Romans) (b. AD 87)
Liu Qing, Chinese prince of the Han dynasty (b. AD 78)
Rabbel II Soter, ruler of the Nabataean Kingdom

References

(2001). "A History of Rome". Blackwell.
Rafe de Crespigny. (28 December 2006). "A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)". BRILL.
Tan Koon San. (15 August 2014). "Dynastic China: An Elementary History". The Other Press.
(1910). "A Companion to Latin Studies". CUP Archive.
Michael Loewe. (2 June 2016). "Problems of Han Administration: Ancestral Rites, Weights and Measures, and the Means of Protest". BRILL.

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