97

Year 97 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* October 28 — Roman emperor Nerva names Trajan as his adoptive son and successor. By doing so he also averts a threatened mutiny of the Praetorian Guard and other military units.
* Tacitus advances to consulship.
* The Roman colony of Cuicul is started in Numidia.
* Nerva recognizes the Sanhedrin of Jamnia as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or "nasi" is designated as the representative of the Jewish people in Rome.

Asia

* Chinese troops, led by general Ban Chao, reach the Caspian Sea.
* Chinese general Ban Chao orders his lieutenant, Gan Ying, to establish regular relations with the Parthians.

By Topic

Religion

* Pope Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope.

Births

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Deaths

* Wang Chong, Chinese philosopher (b. 27)
* Empress Dou