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Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Trajan subdues a Judean revolt, then falls seriously ill, leaving Hadrian in command of the east.
* On his death bed, Trajan adopts Hadrian and designates him as his successor.
* August 9 — Emperor Trajan dies, leaving the Roman Empire at its maximal territorial extent.
* Hadrian, who will reign until 138, succeeds him.
**Hadrian, a Spaniard like Trajan, is an excellent officer who has had a brilliant career. He is well-cultured man, who as Emperor inaugurates a civil government, giving up the policy of conquest of his predecessor in order to consolidate the empire.
* Hadrian returns large parts of Mesopotamia to the Parthians as part of a peace settlement.
* Construction begins on the Pantheon in Rome.

By topic

Religion

* John I becomes the 7th Bishop of Jerusalem.

Births

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Deaths

* August 9 — Trajan, Roman emperor (illness)
* Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)