AD 127
Year 127 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Squilla. The denomination 127 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 Hadrian returns to Rome, after a seven-year voyage to the Roman provinces.
- Hadrian, acting on the advice of his proconsul of Asia, Gaius Minicius Fundanus, determines that Christians shall not be put to death without a trial.
India
- Kanishka I starts to rule in the Kushan Empire.
By topic
Religion
- The philosopher Carpocrates rejects ownership of private property as being un-Christian.
Births
- Zheng Xuan, Chinese politician, philosopher
Deaths
- Juvenal, Roman poet
- Plutarch, Greek historian and biographer
- Publius Metilius Nepos, Roman politician