AD 101
Year 101 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Paetus. The denomination 101 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
- Trajan begins his fourth consulship.
- Emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia, exceeding the limits of the Roman Empire set by Augustus.
- Third Battle of Tapae: Roman forces, led by Trajan, defeat the Dacian king Decebalus in Transylvania.
By topic
Literature
- Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses of Epictetus.
Births
- January 13 - Lucius Aelius Caesar, Roman politician
- Felicitas of Rome, Christian female martyr
- Herodes Atticus, Greek rhetoritician
Deaths
- Clement I, bishop of Rome
- Gan Ying, Chinese ambassador of the Han dynasty
- Jia Kui, Chinese scholar and philosopher
- Silius Italicus, Roman politician and author of the ''Punica''