AD 112
Year 112 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Cornelius. The denomination 112 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 Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus become Roman consuls.
- August 29 - Salonia Matidia receives the title of Augusta upon the death of Marciana.
- Hadrian succeeds Gaius Julius Cassius Steirieus as archon of Athens.
- Tacitus is named proconsul of the Roman province of Asia.
Asia
- King Jima succeeds Pasa as ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.
Deaths
- Beatus of Lungern, Swiss monk and hermit
- Pasa, Korean ruler of Silla