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Heads of State

Syria: 409/410 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Trajan Roman Emperor (up to 117). He resides in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, now Cologne, and starts in provinces with inspection trips on the Rhine and Danube.
• Emperor Trajan rises Ladenburg to the city ( " civitas ").
• The Romans founded Sumelocenna (now Rottenburg am Neckar ).

Science and Culture

• Tacitus wrote Germania.

Died

• January 27: Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman emperor since 96 (* 30 )

• 98: Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman politician and military commander ( * before 30)