AD 122
Year 122 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aviola and Neratius. The denomination 122 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 orders that a 73-mile wall be built to mark the northern Roman Empire while personally visiting the area. Hadrian's Wall, as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the Caledonians, Picts and other tribes at bay.
- Vindolanda, a Roman auxiliary fort in northern England, is garrisoned by cohort VIII Batavorum.
- September 13 - The building of Hadrian's Wall begins.
- Hadrian gives up the territories conquered in Scotland.
Asia
- Change of era name from Jianguang to Yanguang of the Chinese Eastern Han dynasty.