Editing AD 124

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Year '''124''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Glabrio and Flaccus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 877 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 124 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus|Gaius Bellicius Torquatus]] and  [[List of Roman consuls#Second century (101–200)|Manius Acilius Glabrio]] begin the year as the new [[Roman consul|consuls]], but the two are replaced in April.
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Aulus Larcius Macedo]], the former Governor of [[Galatia (Roman province)|Galatia]]; and Publius Ducenius Verres take office for four month as the suffect consuls to succeed Bellicius and Glabrio, and serve until the end of August.
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Gaius Valerius Severus]] and Gaius Julius Gallus replace consuls Larcius and Ducenius and serve until the end of the year.
* Emperor [[Hadrian]] begins to rebuild the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens|Olympeion]] in [[Athens]].
* [[Antinous]] becomes Hadrian's beloved companion on his journeys through the [[Roman Empire]]. 
* During a voyage to [[Greece]], Hadrian is initiated in the ancient rites known as the  [[Eleusinian Mysteries]].

==== Asia ====
* In northern [[India]], [[Nahapana]], ruler of the [[Scythians]], is defeated and dies in battle while fighting against King [[Gautamiputra Satakarni]]. This defeat destroys the Scythian dynasty of the [[Western Satraps|Western Kshatrapas]].
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== Births ==
* [[Apuleius]], Numidian novelist, writer, public speaker (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucius Apuleius {{!}} Roman Philosopher, Novelist & Poet {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucius-Apuleius |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Marcus Annius Verus (praetor)|Marcus Annius Verus]], father of [[Marcus Aurelius]]
* [[Nahapana]], ruler of the [[Scythians]] (approximate date)
* [[Pope Sixtus I|Sixtus I]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] according to Roman Catholic tradition (possible date)<ref name="ce">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1912 |title=Pope St. Sixtus I |encyclopedia=The Catholic Encyclopedia |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |location=New York |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14031b.htm |volume=14}}</ref>

== References ==
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