AD 117

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117 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 117
CXVII
Ab urbe condita 870
Assyrian calendar 4867
Balinese saka calendar 38–39
Bengali calendar −476
Berber calendar 1067
Buddhist calendar 661
Burmese calendar −521
Byzantine calendar 5625–5626
Chinese calendar 丙辰年 (Fire  Dragon)
2814 or 2607
     to 
丁巳年 (Fire  Snake)
2815 or 2608
Coptic calendar −167 – −166
Discordian calendar 1283
Ethiopian calendar 109–110
Hebrew calendar 3877–3878
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 173–174
 - Shaka Samvat 38–39
 - Kali Yuga 3217–3218
Holocene calendar 10117
Iranian calendar 505 BP – 504 BP
Islamic calendar 521 BH – 520 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar 117
CXVII
Korean calendar 2450
Minguo calendar 1795 before ROC
民前1795年
Nanakshahi calendar −1351
Seleucid era 428/429 AG
Thai solar calendar 659–660
Tibetan calendar 阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
243 or −138 or −910
     to 
阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
244 or −137 or −909
The Roman Empire reaches its maximal extent between 116 and 117 RomanEmpire 117.svg
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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Events

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Roman Empire

  • Trajan subdues a Jewish revolt (the Kitos War), then falls seriously ill, leaving Hadrian in command of the east.
  • On his death bed, Trajan allegedly adopts Hadrian and designates him as his successor.
  • August 9 - 11 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 policy of retrenchment and cultural integration, 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.
  • The Roman Empire reaches its greatest extent.

By topic

Commerce

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

Religion

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hadrian</span> Roman emperor from 117 to 138

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trajan</span> Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2nd century</span> One hundred years, from 101 to 200

The 2nd century is the period from AD 101 through AD 200 (CC) in accordance with the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">90s</span> Tenth decade of the first century AD

The 90s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 90, to December 31, AD 99.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">100s (decade)</span> Decade

The 100s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 100, to December 31, AD 109.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">110s</span> Decade

The 110s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 110, to December 31, AD 119.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">120s</span> Decade

The 120s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 120, to December 31, AD 129.

AD 98 (XCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Traianus. The denomination AD 98 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AD 100</span> Calendar year

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The 190s decade ran from January 1, 190, to December 31, 199.

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Year 161 (CLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius. The denomination 161 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kitos War</span> Second Jewish–Roman War (115–117)

The Kitos War was one of the major Jewish–Roman wars (66–136). The rebellions erupted in 115 when most of the Roman armies were fighting Trajan's Parthian War on the eastern border of the Roman Empire. Major uprisings by Jews in Cyrenaica, Cyprus and Egypt spiralled out of control, resulting in a widespread slaughter of the remaining Roman garrisons and Roman citizens by Jewish rebels.

Quintus Marcius Turbo was prefect of the Praetorian Guard and a close friend and military advisor to both emperor Trajan and Hadrian during the early 2nd century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nerva–Antonine dynasty</span> Dynasty of 7 Roman Emperors from AD 96 to 192

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman–Iranian relations</span> Historical relationship between the Roman and Iranian empires

Relations between the Roman and Iranian states were established c. 92 BC. It was in 69 BC that the two states clashed for the first time; the political rivalry between the two empires would dominate much of Western Asia and Europe until 628. Initially commencing as a rivalry between the Parthians and Rome, from the 3rd to mid-7th centuries the Roman Empire and its rival Sassanid Persia were recognized as two of the leading powers in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Assyria (Roman province)</span> Roman province (116–118 AD)

Assyria was a short-lived Roman province in Mesopotamia that was created by Trajan in 116 during his campaign against the Parthian Empire. After Trajan's death, the newly proclaimed emperor Hadrian ordered the evacuation of Assyria in 118.

The Roman–Parthian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. It was the first series of conflicts in what would be 682 years of Roman–Persian Wars.

Romans in Persia is related to the brief invasion and occupation of western and central areas of Parthia by the Romans during their empire. Emperor Trajan was even temporarily able to nominate a king of western parts of Parthia, Parthamaspates, as ruler of a Roman "client state" in Parthia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trajan's Parthian campaign</span> Conflict between Roman forces under Emperor Trajan and the Parthians in Mesopotamia (115-117)

Trajan's Parthian campaign was engaged by Roman emperor Trajan in 115 against the Parthian Empire in Mesopotamia. The war was initially successful for the Romans, but a series of setbacks, including wide-scale rebellions in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa and Trajan's death in 117, ended in a Roman withdrawal.

References

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