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AD 85 (LXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Fulvus (or, less frequently, year 838 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 85 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

  • Dacians under Decebalus engage in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89.
  • Emperor Domitian repulses a Dacian invasion of Moesia.
  • Domitian appoints himself censor for life, which gives him the right to control the Senate. His totalitarian tendencies put the senatorial aristocracy firmly in opposition to him.

    • Asia

  • Baekje invades the outskirts of Silla in the Korean peninsula. The war continues till the peace treaty of 105.

    • Births

  • Marcion of Sinope, theologian and founder of Marcionism (d. 160)

    • References

    AD 85 Wikipedia
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