Editing AD 106

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Year '''106''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica''' (or, less frequently, '''year 859 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 106 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
[[Image:106 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianssäule, Tafel CVI.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Decebalus]]' suicidal death, from [[Trajan's Column]]]]
* [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius]] writes a letter to [[Christians]] in [[Smyrna]], using the term [[Catholic Church]] (approximate date). This is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term "Catholic Church".
* Emperor [[Trajan]] conquers the [[Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains]], and surrounds the capital, [[Sarmizegetusa Regia|Sarmizegetusa]]. 
* [[Battle of Sarmizegetusa]]: The [[Dacians]] are defeated with 50,000 captured. King [[Decebalus]] flees and commits suicide.<ref name=leg106>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=2nd | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=271 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; The south-eastern part of [[Dacia]] (modern [[Romania]]) becomes a [[Roman province]]: [[Roman Dacia]]. The [[veterans]] of the [[Roman legion|legions]] are given [[land grant|land]] in the new province for their service in the [[Roman army]].
* Trajan annexes the [[Nabataean Kingdom]] (with its capital [[Petra]]) as the Roman province of [[Arabia Petraea]]. The [[epoch]] of the [[Bostran era|calendar of the province of Arabia]] begins on [[March 22]].
* Romans construct a road between [[Eilat]] and [[Damascus]].<ref name=leg106/>

==== China ====
* [[February 13]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor He of Han|He of Han]] dies after a 18-year reign. Empress Dowager [[Deng Sui|Deng]] places her infant son [[Emperor Shang of Han|Han Shangdi]] on the Chinese throne. First and the only year of ''yanping'' era.
* [[September 21]] &ndash; Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign and is succeeded by his 12-year-old cousin [[Emperor An of Han|Han Andi]] as ruler of the Chinese Eastern [[Han dynasty]] (until [[AD 125|125]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Literature ====
* [[Aelianus Tacticus]] (or '''Aelian''') writes his ''Taktike Theoria'' (approximate date).
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== Deaths ==
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Emperor He of Han|He of Han]], Chinese emperor of the [[Han dynasty]] (b. [[AD 79]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Rafe de Crespigny|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=49OvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA531|date=28 December 2006|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-474-1184-0|pages=531–}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shang of Han|Han Shangdi]], Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. [[AD 105|105]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Tan Koon San|title=Dynastic China: An Elementary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnCMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|date=15 August 2014|publisher=The Other Press|isbn=978-983-9541-88-5|pages=111–}}</ref>
* [[Decebalus]], king of [[Dacia]] (suicide, being pursued by the Romans) (b. [[AD 87]])<ref>{{cite book|title=A Companion to Latin Studies| year=1910 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gR09AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=140–|id=GGKEY:2AE1DU53Z2Y}}</ref><ref name=leg106/>
* [[Liu Qing (prince)|Liu Qing]], Chinese prince of the Han dynasty (b. [[AD 78]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Loewe|title=Problems of Han Administration: Ancestral Rites, Weights and Measures, and the Means of Protest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27otDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA72|date=2 June 2016|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-31490-0|pages=72–}}</ref>
* [[Rabbel II Soter]], ruler of the [[Nabataean Kingdom]]

== References ==
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