100

100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Friday.

It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).

 Events 
 Roman Empire
 Pliny the Younger advances to consulship
 Tiberius Avidius Quietus rule as governor of Roman Britain ends
 Timgad (Thamugas) founded by Emperor Trajan
 The Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers
 Bricks become the primary building material in the Empire

 Europe
 Lions have become extinct in Europe by this year

 Asia
 Pakores, last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, becomes king
 In China, the wheelbarrow is first used 

 Americas
 Hopewell culture begins in what is now Ohio (uncertain date)
 Teotihuacan at the center of Mexi reaches a population of 50,000

 Arabia
 Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Hadramaut

 Religion
 The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China
 Fourth Buddhist Council begins
 The making of the Kama Sutra begins in India

 Births 

 Deaths 
 Josephus, Jewish historian
 Agrippa II of Judea
 References