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Year 120 (CXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Fulvus (or, less frequently, year 873 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 120 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Empire

  • Emperor Hadrian visits Britain.
  • Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain.
  • An Indian ambassadorial contingent visits with Hadrian.
  • Suetonius becomes Hadrian's secretary ab epistolis.
  • Approximate date
  • Legio IX Hispana last known to be in existence.
  • Market Gate of Miletus built at Miletos. (Moved in modern times to Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.)

    • Asia

  • Change of era name from Yuanchu (7th year) to Yongning of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
  • The Scythians dominate western India: Punjab, Sind, the north of Gujerat and a portion of central India.

    • Births

  • February 8 – Vettius Valens, Hellenistic astrologer (d. c. 175)
  • Irenaeus, Christian bishop and apologist (d. 202)
  • Lucian, Syrian rhetorician and satirist, writing in the Greek language (d. 180)

    • Deaths

  • Dio Chrysostom, Greek historian (approximate date) (b. c. AD 40)
  • Nicomachus, Greek mathematician (approx. date) (b. AD 60)
  • Sextus Pedius, Roman jurist (b. AD 50)
  • Saint Matthias of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem
  • Marcian of Tortona (or in 117), martyred saint
  • Getulius, Saint Hermes, martyred saints

    • References

    120 Wikipedia
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