AD 99 explained

AD 99 (XCIX) 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 Palma and Senecio (or, less frequently, year 852 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 99 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 Trajan returns to Rome^[1]
• Emissaries of the Kushan Empire reach the Roman Empire.^[2]
• Richimerus I fights a battle with a combined army of Romans and Gauls at Basana near Aachen.^[3]
• 29 August - Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 581, recording the sale of a slave girl, is written.

By topic

Religion

• 23 November - Pope Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope according to Roman Catholic tradition.

Births

• Narcissus of Jerusalem, Christian bishop and saint (d. c. 216)

Deaths

• Clement I, pope of the Catholic Church

Notes and References

1. Book: A History of Rome . Second . Marcel . LeGlay . Jean-Louis . Voisin . Yann . Le Bohec . 271 . Blackwell . Malden, Massachusetts . 2001 . 0-631-21858-0.
2. Book: Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World History. Mittal Publications. 1492.
3. Book: Hoeh, Herman L.. Compendium of World History. Volume 2, Based on the Frankish Chronicles. 1969.