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Intel 8086 ."Year 86 was acommon year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .__NOTOC__Events
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Roman Empire
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Domitian introduces theCapitoline Games .
* The Roman GeneralTrajan , future emperor, begins a campaign to crush an uprising inGermany .
* Germany is divided into two provinces, Upper- and Lower-Germany.
* Roman legions face disaster inDacia in theFirst Battle of Tapae , whenCornelius Fuscus ,Praetorian prefect , launches a powerful offensive that becomes a failure. Encircled in the valley of Timi, he dies along with his entire army. Rome must pay tribute to the Dacians in exchange for a vague recognition of Rome's importance.Asia
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Ban Gu (Pan Kou) and his sisterBan Zhao (Pan Tchao) compose a History ofChina .Births
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September 19 —Antoninus Pius , Roman emperor (138 –161 ).Deaths
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