Editing AD 86 (section)

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Domitian]] introduces the [[Capitoline Games]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zeiner|first1=Noelle K.|title=Nothing Ordinary Here: Statius as Creator of Distinction in the Silvae|date=2005|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415970983|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2hLBZcxDiQC&pg=PA67|language=en}}</ref>
* Roman general (and future emperor) [[Trajan]] begins a campaign to crush an uprising in [[Germania]].
* [[Germania]] is divided into two provinces, [[Germania Inferior]] and [[Germania Superior]] (approximate date).
* [[Martial]] publishes Books I and II of the [[Epigrams]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martial-Roman-poet |access-date=February 24, 2024 | first=Herbert Henry | last=Huxley | series=Encyclopædia Britannica | title=Martial}}</ref>

==== Dacia ====
* [[Domitian's Dacian War|First Battle of Tapae]]: [[Roman legion]]s face disaster in [[Dacia]], when Roman general [[Cornelius Fuscus]] launches a powerful offensive that becomes a failure. Encircled in the valley of Timi, he dies along with his entire army. [[Ancient Rome|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 the History of [[Han dynasty|China]].
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