AD 136
Year 136 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 136th Year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 136th year of the 1st millennium, the 36th year of the 2nd century, and the 7th year of the 130s decade. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica. The denomination 136 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
- The war against the Suebi begins.
- Following the Bar Kokhba revolt, Emperor Hadrian expels the Jews from Judea, and receives a triumphal arch near Scythopolis. The Roman province of Iudaea becomes Syria Palaestina.
- Hadrian dictates his memoirs at his villa near Tivoli outside Rome.
- Hadrian uncovers a new conspiracy among certain senators. He adopts Lucius Aelius as his heir.
Asia
- First year of Yonghe era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- Pope Hyginus succeeds Pope Telesphorus as the ninth pope of Rome according to tradition.
- Change of Bishop of Byzantium from Bishop Eleutherius to Bishop Felix.
Deaths
- May 24 - Judah ben Dama, one of the Ten Martyrs
- Gajabahu I, king of Raja Rata
- Lucius Julius Servianus, Roman politician