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103 CE

Legio X Gemina moves to Vienna, where it remains until the 5th century. Pliny the Younger becomes a member of the college of Augurs (103–104). In Palmyra, Syria, a Temple of the Sun is erected to the god Baal.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Emperor Trajan and Manius Laberius Maximus become Roman consuls.source

Conflict & Security

  • Legio X Gemina moves to Vienna, where it remains until the 5th century.source

Religion & Belief

  • In Palmyra, Syria, a Temple of the Sun is erected to the god Baal.source

Culture & Society

  • Pliny the Younger becomes a member of the college of Augurs (103–104).source

Births

  • Kong Zhou, father of Kong Rong (d. 163)source

Deaths

  • Yin, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty (b. AD 80)source
  • Sextus Julius Frontinus, Roman author (b. c. AD 40)source
  • Silius Italicus, Roman politician and author (b. c. AD 28)source
  • Kanishka I, ruler of the Kushan Empire (approximate date)source