AD 104 explained

Year 104 (CIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 104th Year of the Anno Domini (AD) designation, the 104th year of the 1st millennium, the 4th year of the 2nd century, and the 5th year of the 100s decade. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Suburanus and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 857 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 104 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

• Pliny the Younger continues as a member of the College of Augurs (103–104).^[1]
• Nijmegen is renamed Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum.
• A fire breaks out in Rome.^[2]
• Trajan gives the order to have the Alcántara Bridge, constructed by the architect Lacer, built over the Tagus River at Alcántara (Hispania).
• Apollodorus of Damascus builds a stone bridge over the Danube more than 1000abbr=offNaNabbr=off long, almost 20abbr=offNaNabbr=off high and 15abbr=offNaNabbr=off wide. The bridge connects what is now Serbia with Romania (at the time known as Dacia).

By topic

Religion

• In India, figures of Buddha replace abstract motifs on decorative items.

Births

• Chen Shi, Chinese politician and official (d. 187)
• Gaius Appuleius Diocles, Roman charioteer

Notes and References

1. Book: Gordon . Richard L. . Petridou . Georgia . Rüpke . Jörg . Beyond Priesthood: Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire . 2017 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . 978-3-11-044818-4 . 34 . en.
2. Book: Dando-Collins . Stephen . The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City . 2010 . Hachette Books . 978-0-306-81933-9 . 17 . en.