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Roman Empire

 * — Roman emperor names  as his adoptive son and successor. By doing so he also averts a threatened mutiny of the  and other military units.
 * advances to ship.
 * The Roman colony of is started in.
 * Nerva recognizes the of  as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or  is designated as the representative of the  people in Rome.

Asia

 * troops, led by general, reach the.
 * Chinese general Ban Chao orders his lieutenant,, to establish regular relations with the.

Religion

 * succeeds as the fifth.

Deaths

 * , Chinese philosopher