AD 97
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AD 97 (XCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Rufus (or, less frequently, '*year 850 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination AD 97 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
- October 28 – Emperor Nerva recalls his general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, age 44, from the German frontier and is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt him as his successor.
- Tacitus advances to consulship.
- The Roman colony of Cuicul is started in Numidia.
- Gloucester, England is founded as Colonia Glevum Nervensis by the Romans.
- Nerva recognizes the Sanhedrin of Jamnia as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or nasi is designated as the representative of the Jewish people in Rome.
- Sextus Julius Frontinus is appointed superintendent of the aqueducts (curator aquarum) in Rome. At least 10 aqueducts supply the city with 250 e6USgal of water per day. The public baths use half the supply.
China
By topic
Religion
- Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope (according to Catholic tradition; none of the popes until the mid second century is certain).
Deaths
- Lucius Verginius Rufus, Roman politician and general (b. AD 15)
- Timothy, Christian evangelist and saint (b. AD 17)
- Titus Petronius Secundus, Roman prefect (b. AD 40)
- Zhangde, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty
References
References
- (2007). "A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD)". Koninklijke Brill.
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