102 CE
Trajan divides Pannonia into two provinces, sometime between this year and 107. Emperor Trajan returns to Rome after a successful campaign against Dacia, through which he reestablishes clear Roman sovereignty over King Decebalus. Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus and Lucius Licinius Sura become Roman consuls.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus and Lucius Licinius Sura become Roman consuls.source
Conflict & Security
- Emperor Trajan returns to Rome after a successful campaign against Dacia, through which he reestablishes clear Roman sovereignty over King Decebalus.source
Exploration & Expansion
- The port of Portus is enlarged.source
Religion & Belief
- Trajan divides Pannonia into two provinces, sometime between this year and 107.source
Technology & Infrastructure
- Planning and surveying for the port of Ostia is undertaken.source
Deaths
- Clement I, bishop of Rome (approximate date according to Roman Catholic tradition)source
- Having organised the territories of the Tarim Basin, Chinese General Ban Chao retires to Luoyang and dies shortly thereafter.source
- Yin, Chinese empress of the Han dynastysource
- Ban Chao, Chinese general of the Han dynasty (b. AD 32)source