101 CE

Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses of Epictetus (approximate date). Third Battle of Tapae: Roman forces, led by Trajan, defeat the Dacian king Decebalus in Transylvania. Emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia, exceeding the limits of the Roman Empire set by Augustus.

In the 100s, the 2nd century.

Conflict & Security

  • Third Battle of Tapae: Roman forces, led by Trajan, defeat the Dacian king Decebalus in Transylvania.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia, exceeding the limits of the Roman Empire set by Augustus.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Trajan begins his fourth consulship.source

Culture & Society

  • Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses of Epictetus (approximate date).source

Births

  • January 13 – Lucius Aelius Caesar, Roman politician (died 138)source
  • Herodes Atticus, Greek rhetoritician (died 177)source
  • Felicitas of Rome, Christian female martyr (died 165)source

Deaths

  • Gan Ying, Chinese ambassador of the Han dynastysource
  • Silius Italicus, Roman politician and author of the Punica (annals of Hannibal during the Second Punic War) (born c. AD 28)source
  • Jia Kui, Chinese scholar and philosopher (born AD 30)source
  • Clement I, bishop of Rome (epistle to the Corinthians) (or 102 according to Roman Catholic tradition)source