AD 93 explained

AD 93 (XCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Priscinus (or, less frequently, year 846 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 93 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 Domitian persecutes the Christians.
• Pliny the Younger is named a praetor.^[1]

Asia

• The Xianbei incorporates 100,000 Xiongnu, and establishes the Xianbei State in Mongolia (approximate date).

By topic

Literature

• Josephus completes his Jewish Antiquities (or in AD 94).^[2]

Deaths

• August 23 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and governor (b. AD 40)
• Arulenus Rusticus, Roman politician and Stoic philosopher (executed)
• Herennius Senecio, Roman Stoic philosopher and writer (executed)
• Lucius Antistius Rusticus, Roman politician and governor

Notes and References

1. Harte. R. H.. 1935. The Praetorship of the Younger Pliny. Journal of Roman Studies. en. 25. 1. 51–54. 10.2307/296553. 296553. 0075-4358.
2. Freedman, David Noel, ed., The Anchor Bible Dictionary, (New York: Doubleday, 1997, 1992).