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Events 
 War between Rome and Parthia starts because of the invasion of Armenia by Vologases I.  He replaced the Roman supported ruler with his brother Tiridates of Parthia.
 Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome.
 The Jianwu era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the Jianwuzhongyuan era.

 Births 
 Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (d. 117 AD)

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