116
This article is about the year 116. For the number, see 116 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century |
| Decades: | 80s 90s 100s – 110s – 120s 130s 140s |
| Years: | 113 114 115 – 116 – 117 118 119 |
| 116 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 116 CXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 869 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4866 |
| Bengali calendar | −477 |
| Berber calendar | 1066 |
| Buddhist calendar | 660 |
| Burmese calendar | −522 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5624–5625 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2812 or 2752 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2813 or 2753 |
| Coptic calendar | −168 – −167 |
| Discordian calendar | 1282 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 108–109 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3876–3877 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 172–173 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 38–39 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3217–3218 |
| Holocene calendar | 10116 |
| Iranian calendar | 506 BP – 505 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 522 BH – 521 BH |
| Julian calendar | 116 CXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2449 |
| Minguo calendar | 1796 before ROC 民前1796年 |
| Seleucid era | 427/428 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 658–659 |
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Year 116 (CXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 869 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 116 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Trajan completes his invasion of Parthia by capturing the cities of Seleucia, Babylon, Ctesiphon and Susa, marking the high-water mark of the Roman Empire's eastern expansion.
- Trajan makes Syria a province of Rome and crosses the Tigris to annex Adiabene. He proceeds with his army to the Persian Gulf and conquers territory that becomes the province of Parthia.
- Trajan removes Osroes I as king of Parthia, and appoints his son Parthamaspates in his place. Parthamaspates Romanizes his name to Parthicus.
- Trajan sends two expeditionary forces. One, consisting of elements of Legio III Cyrenaica, to suppress the revolt in Judea and the other Legio VII Claudia to restore order on Cyprus.
- Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
- Quintus Marcius Turbo sails to Alexandria and defeats the Jews in several pitched battles.
- Jewish uprising against Rome fails.
Births
- Empress Liang Na (d. 150)
Deaths
- Ban Zhao, first female Chinese historian (b. 45)
- Saint Quirinus of Neuss, Roman Christian martyr
- Saint Zacchaeus of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem