AD 92

Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic AD 92 (XCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Saturninus (or, less frequently, year 845 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 92 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 Domitian becomes a Roman Consul.
• In spring, several tribes (probably Marcomanni, Quadi, Jazyges) cross the Danube and attack Pannonia, probably destroying Legio XXI Rapax. These tribes are defeated from May to December 92, and chased back over the river. The Romans do not pursue the retreating tribes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Roman army moves into Mesopotamia (modern Syria).
• The Flavian Palace is completed on the Palatine.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• Pope Anicetus

Deaths

• April 9 – Yuan An, Chinese administrator, scholar and statesman
• Antipas of Pergamum, Roman bishop, martyr
• Ban Gu, Chinese historian, poet and writer (b. AD 32)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Dou Xian, Chinese general and statesman of the Eastern Han dynasty
• Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, prince of Commagene (b. AD 38)