100

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Year 100 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Pliny the Younger advances to consulship.
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.
The Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers.
Bricks become the primary building material in the Roman Empire.

Europe

Lions have become extinct in the Balkans by this date.

Asia

Pakores (last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom) takes the throne.
The Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Hadramaut.
Paper is used by the general populace in China, starting around this year.

Americas

The Hopewell culture 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.

Religion

The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China.
The Fourth Buddhist Council is convened circa this year.
Appearance of the first Christian dogma and formulas regarding morality.
The compilation of the Kama sutra begins in India.

Births

Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (approximate date)
Justin Martyr, Christian apologist (approximate date)

Deaths

Josephus, Jewish historian
Agrippa II of Judea

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