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Roman Empire

 * The, which had been commissioned by the late Emperor , is finished.
 * Roman Emperor is also a.
 * is returned to native rule by the.
 * Plot of the consuls: Hadrian executes four, all former consuls, who had been shown to have plotted against him.  His relations with the Senate are strained.

Asia

 * The north-south feud between the dynasty ends.
 * The oldest known painted depiction of a is found in a Chinese tomb of,  province, dated to this year.

Deaths

 * , general of