Editing AD 106 (section)

== Events ==
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==== Roman Empire ====
[[Image:106 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianssäule, Tafel CVI.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Decebalus]]' suicidal death, from [[Trajan's Column]]]]
* [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius]] writes a letter to [[Christians]] in [[Smyrna]], using the term [[Catholic Church]] (approximate date). This is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term "Catholic Church".
* Emperor [[Trajan]] conquers the [[Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains]], and surrounds the capital, [[Sarmizegetusa Regia|Sarmizegetusa]]. 
* [[Battle of Sarmizegetusa]]: The [[Dacians]] are defeated with 50,000 captured. King [[Decebalus]] flees and commits suicide.<ref name=leg106>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=2nd | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=271 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; The south-eastern part of [[Dacia]] (modern [[Romania]]) becomes a [[Roman province]]: [[Roman Dacia]]. The [[veterans]] of the [[Roman legion|legions]] are given [[land grant|land]] in the new province for their service in the [[Roman army]].
* Trajan annexes the [[Nabataean Kingdom]] (with its capital [[Petra]]) as the Roman province of [[Arabia Petraea]]. The [[epoch]] of the [[Bostran era|calendar of the province of Arabia]] begins on [[March 22]].
* Romans construct a road between [[Eilat]] and [[Damascus]].<ref name=leg106/>

==== China ====
* [[February 13]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor He of Han|He of Han]] dies after a 18-year reign. Empress Dowager [[Deng Sui|Deng]] places her infant son [[Emperor Shang of Han|Han Shangdi]] on the Chinese throne. First and the only year of ''yanping'' era.
* [[September 21]] &ndash; Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign and is succeeded by his 12-year-old cousin [[Emperor An of Han|Han Andi]] as ruler of the Chinese Eastern [[Han dynasty]] (until [[AD 125|125]]).

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==== Literature ====
* [[Aelianus Tacticus]] (or '''Aelian''') writes his ''Taktike Theoria'' (approximate date).
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