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== Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * [[October 28]] – Emperor [[Nerva]] recalls his general [[Trajan|Marcus Ulpius Trajanus]], age 44, from the [[Limes Germanicus|German frontier]] and is forced by the [[Praetorian Guard]] to [[Adoption in ancient Rome|adopt]] him as his successor. * [[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus|Tacitus]] advances to [[consul]]ship. * The Roman colony of [[Cuicul]] is started in [[Numidia]]. * Gloucester, England is founded as Colonia Glevum Nervensis by the Romans. * Nerva recognizes the [[Sanhedrin]] of [[Council of Jamnia|Jamnia]] as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or ''[[Nasi (Hebrew title)|nasi]]'' is designated as the representative of the [[Jewish]] people in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. * [[Sextus Julius Frontinus]] is appointed superintendent of the [[Aqueduct (Roman)|aqueducts]] (''[[Curator Aquarum|curator aquarum]]'') in Rome. At least 10 aqueducts supply the city with {{convert|250|e6USgal|m3}} of water per day. The [[Thermae|public baths]] use half the supply. ==== China ==== * [[Gan Ying]], is sent as an emissary to [[Daquin]] (Rome), though he is turned back by the Parthians.<ref>{{citation |surname=de Crespigny |given=Rafe |author-link=Rafe de Crespigny |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23β220 AD) |location=Leiden |publisher=Koninklijke Brill |year=2007 |isbn=978-90-04-15605-0 |postscript=.}}</ref> === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Pope Evaristus|Evaristus]] succeeds [[Pope Clement I]] as the fifth pope (according to [[Catholic]] tradition; none of the popes until the mid [[2nd century|second century]] is certain).
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