AD 103
103 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Maximus. The denomination 103 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 and Manius Laberius Maximus become Roman consuls.
- Pliny the Younger becomes a member of the college of Augurs.
- Legio X Gemina moves to Vienna, where it remains until the 5th century.
By topic
Religion
- In Palmyra, Syria, a Temple of the Sun is erected to the god Baal.
Births
Deaths
- Kanishka I, ruler of the Kushan Empire
- Sextus Julius Frontinus, Roman author
- Martial, poet and satirist
- Silius Italicus, Roman politician and author
- Yin, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty