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Centuries:	1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades:	60s  70s  80s  - 90s -  100s  110s  120s
Years:	94  95  96  - 97 -  98  99  100

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97 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	97 XCVII
Ab urbe condita	850
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1747 – -1746
Berber calendar	1047
Buddhist calendar	641
Burmese calendar	-541
Chinese calendar	2733/2793-11-29 (丙申年十一月廿九日) — to — 2734/2794-11-10 (丁酉年十一月初十日)
Coptic calendar	-187 – -186
Ethiopian calendar	89 – 90
Hebrew calendar	3857 – 3858
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	152 – 153
- Shaka Samvat	19 – 20
- Kali Yuga	3198 – 3199
Holocene calendar	10097
Iranian calendar	525 BP – 524 BP
Islamic calendar	541 BH – 540 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2430
Thai solar calendar	640
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Year 97 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Religion

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

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[edit] Deaths

• Wang Chong, Chinese philosopher
• Empress Dou