101 CE

Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses of Epictetus (approximate date). Third Battle of Tapae: Roman forces, led by Trajan, defeat the Dacian king Decebalus in Transylvania. Emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia, exceeding the limits of the Roman Empire set by Augustus.

Conflict & Security

Third Battle of Tapae: Roman forces, led by Trajan, defeat the Dacian king Decebalus in Transylvania.source

Exploration & Expansion

Emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia, exceeding the limits of the Roman Empire set by Augustus.source

Technology & Infrastructure

Trajan begins his fourth consulship.source

Science & Discovery

Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourses of Epictetus (approximate date).source

Births

January 13 – Lucius Aelius Caesar, Roman politician (d. 138)source
Herodes Atticus, Greek rhetoritician (d. 177)source
Felicitas of Rome, Christian female martyr (d. 165)source

Deaths

Gan Ying, Chinese ambassador of the Han dynastysource
Silius Italicus, Roman politician and author of the Punica (annals of Hannibal during the Second Punic War) (b. c. AD 28)source
Jia Kui, Chinese scholar and philosopher (b. AD 30)source
Clement I, bishop of Rome (epistle to the Corinthians) (or 102 according to Roman Catholic tradition)source