Years: 97 98 99 100 - 101 - 102 103 104 105

Decades: 70s 80s 90s - 100s - 110s 120s 130s

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Alternate uses, see Number 101.

Events

• Roman emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia.
• Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses .
• The Chinese (Tibetan) introduce their Buddhist Religion into Indonesia.

Births

Deaths

• Gan Ying , an envoy of the Han dynasty in China who learned about Ta Ts'in (the Roman Empire) although he never reached there.
• Saint John the Apostle dies in Ephesus.
• Saint Clement of Rome, Bishop of Rome, Epistle to the Corinthians, during the last decade of the first century.
• Silius Italicus, author of Punicus , the annals of Hannibal during the Second Punic War.