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◄ | 1st century BC | 1st Century | 2nd Century | ► ◄ | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 mm | 120 | ► ◄ ◄ | ◄ | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | ► | ► ►

Heads of State

Year of the Fire Monkey丙申( at the beginning of the year, wood sheep乙未)

Syria: 407/408 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Roman Empire

  • Gaius Manlius Valens and Vetus are Roman consuls Gaius Antistius.
  • September 18: A group of conspirators murdered the Emperor Domitian, who has suffered through his autocratic rule, the hostility of the Senate. This will cause the Flavian dynasty. For new Princeps Council of Elders elected Senator Marcus Cocceius Nerva.
  • In the Roman Empire the Office of Censors is abolished.

Died

  • To 96: Publius Papinius Statius, Roman poet (c. 45)
  • To 96: Quintilian, Roman rhetorician (* 35)
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