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AD 86 (LXXXVI) was a common 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 Augustus and Petronianus (or, less frequently, year 839 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 86 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 Domitian introduces the Capitoline Games.
  • The Roman General Trajan, future emperor, begins a campaign to crush an uprising in Germany.
  • Germany is divided into two provinces, Upper Germany and Lower Germany.

    • Dacia

  • Roman legions face disaster in Dacia in the First Battle of Tapae, when Cornelius Fuscus, Praetorian prefect, launches a powerful offensive that becomes a failure. Encircled in the valley of Timi, he dies along with his entire army. Rome must pay tribute to the Dacians in exchange for a vague recognition of Rome's importance.

    • Asia

  • Ban Gu (Pan Kou) and his sister Ban Zhao (Pan Tchao) compose a History of China.

    • Births

  • September 19 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (138–161) (d. 161)

    • References

    AD 86 Wikipedia
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