AD 112

Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 112 (CXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Cornelius (or, less frequently, year 865 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 112 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

• Emperor Trajan and Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus become Roman consuls.
• August 29 – Salonia Matidia receives the title of Augusta upon the death of Marciana.
• Hadrian succeeds Gaius Julius Cassius Steirieus as archon of Athens.
• Tacitus is named proconsul of the Roman province of Asia (112–113).<ref name="Hazel 2002 p. 297">Template:Cite book</ref>

Asia

• King Jima succeeds Pasa as ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.<ref name=Pasa>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Deaths

• Beatus of Lungern, Swiss monk and hermit
• Pasa (the Great), Korean ruler of Silla<ref name=Pasa/>