Directory

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