99

AD 99 (XCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of  and  (or, less frequently, year 852 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 99 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 Trajan returns to Rome.
 Emissaries of the Kushan Empire reach the Roman Empire.
 August 29 – Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 581, recording the sale of a slave girl, is written.

 By topic 

 Religion 
 November 23 – Pope Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope according to Roman Catholic tradition.

 Births 
 c. March 9 – Narcissus of Jerusalem, Christian bishop and saint (d. c. 216)

 Deaths 
 Approximate date – Clement of Rome, pope of the Catholic Church

 References 

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