115 CE
The Diaspora Revolt erupts almost simultaneously across various Jewish Diaspora communities in the empire's east, including Egypt, Libya and Cyprus. An earthquake destroys Apamea and Antioch in Syria. The local bishop is held responsible (he will be martyred and remembered as St. Ignatius). Alexandria in Egypt is damaged during the Jewish-Greek civil wars. Marcus Rutilius Lupus, the Roman governor, sends Legio XXII Deiotariana to protect the inhabitants of Memphis.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- The Pantheon of Agrippa is reconstructed in Rome.source
Conflict & Security
- Trajan captures the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon.source
- A revolt breaks out in Britain; the garrison at Eboracum (York) is massacred.source
- Emperor Trajan is cut off in southern Mesopotamia after his invasion of that region.source
- Alexandria in Egypt is damaged during the Jewish-Greek civil wars. Marcus Rutilius Lupus, the Roman governor, sends Legio XXII Deiotariana to protect the inhabitants of Memphis.source
Religion & Belief
- Pope Sixtus I succeeds Alexander I as the seventh pope of Rome (according to Catholic biographies).source
Climate & Environment
- The Diaspora Revolt erupts almost simultaneously across various Jewish Diaspora communities in the empire's east, including Egypt, Libya and Cyprus.source
- An earthquake destroys Apamea and Antioch in Syria. The local bishop is held responsible (he will be martyred and remembered as St. Ignatius).source