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127 CE

Kanishka I starts to rule in the Kushan Empire (approximate date). Emperor Hadrian returns to Rome, after a seven-year voyage to the Roman provinces. The philosopher Carpocrates rejects ownership of private property as being un-Christian.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Kanishka I starts to rule in the Kushan Empire (approximate date).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Emperor Hadrian returns to Rome, after a seven-year voyage to the Roman provinces.source

Religion & Belief

  • Hadrian, acting on the advice of his proconsul of Asia, Gaius Minicius Fundanus, determines that Christians shall not be put to death without a trial.source
  • The philosopher Carpocrates rejects ownership of private property as being un-Christian.source

Births

  • August 29 - Zheng Xuan, Chinese politician, philosopher (d. 200)source

Deaths

  • Publius Metilius Nepos, Roman politician (b. AD 45)source
  • Plutarch, Greek historian and biographer (b. AD 46)source
  • Juvenal, Roman poet (approximate year)source