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{{redirect|120 (year)|the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar|120 BC}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Year nav|120}} {{M1 year in topic}} Year '''120''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Severus and Fulvus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 873 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 120 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 [[Hadrian]] visits [[Roman Britain|Britain]]. * [[Foss Dyke]] is constructed in Britain. * A Kushan ambassadorial contingent visits with Hadrian. * [[Suetonius]] becomes Hadrian's secretary ''ab epistolis''. * Approximate date ** [[Legio IX Hispana]] last known to be in existence. ** The [[Market Gate of Miletus]] is built at [[Miletos]] (moved in modern times to [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]], [[Preußischer Kulturbesitz]], [[Antikensammlung]]). ==== Asia ==== * Change of era name from ''Yuanchu'' (7th year) to ''Yongning'' of the Chinese Eastern [[Han dynasty]]. * The [[Scythians]] dominate western [[India]]: [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[History of Sindh|Sind]], the north of [[Gujarat]] and a portion of central India. == Births == * [[February 8]] – [[Vettius Valens]], Greek astrologer (d. [[175]]) * [[Irenaeus]], Greek bishop and apologist (approximate date) * [[Lucian]], Syrian [[rhetoric]]ian and satirist (approximate date) * [[Tatian]], Syrian Christian writer and theologian (d. [[180]]) == Deaths == * [[Ban Zhao]], Chinese historian and philosopher (b. [[AD 49]]) * [[Dio Chrysostom]], Greek historian (approximate date) * [[Faustinus and Jovita]], Roman Christian martyrs * [[Getulius]], Roman officer and Christian [[martyr]] * [[Saint Hermes|Hermes]], Greek Christian martyr and saint * [[Marcian of Tortona]], Roman bishop (or [[AD 117|117]]) * [[Matthias of Jerusalem]], bishop of [[Jerusalem]] * [[Nicomachus]], Greek mathematician (b. [[AD 60]]) * [[Plutarch]], Greek philosopher (approximate date) * [[Sextus Pedius]], Roman jurist (b. [[AD 50]]) * [[Tacitus]], Roman historian<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tacitus-Roman-historian | access-date=February 22, 2024 | title=Tacitus | first=Alexander Hugh | last=MacDonald | series=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:120}} [[Category:120| ]]
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