Editing AD 118

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Year '''118''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Fuscus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 871 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 118 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 ====
* [[Trajan's Forum]] (commissioned by the late Emperor [[Trajan]]) is completed with triumphal arches, columns, a [[Market (place)|market]] complex, and an enormous [[Basilica Ulpia|basilica]], all of which replace hundreds of [[dwelling]]s.
* Emperor [[Hadrian]] is also a [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consul]].
* [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] has a population exceeding 1 million, making it the largest city in the world.
* [[Osroene]] is returned to native rule by the [[Roman Empire]].
* Plot of the consuls:  Hadrian executes four [[Roman Senate|senators]], all former consuls, who had been shown to have plotted against him.  His relations with the Senate are strained.
* [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]], in Rome, starts to be built (approximate date).
* 118&ndash;[[AD 128|128]] &ndash; Battle of Centaurs and Wild Beasts, from [[Hadrian's Villa]], [[Tivoli, Italy]], is made (approximate date). It may be a copy of a painting done by the late [[5th century BC]] Greek artist [[Zeuxis (painter)|Zeuxis]]. It is now kept at [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]], [[Preussischer Kulturbesitz]], [[Antikensammlung]].

==== Asia ====
* The north-south feud between the [[Huns|Hun]] Dynasty ends.
* The oldest known painted depiction of a [[wheelbarrow]] is found in a Chinese tomb of [[Chengde]], [[Sichuan]] province, dated to this year.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Primus of Alexandria|Primus]], patriarch of [[Alexandria]]
* [[Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus|Aulus Cornelius Palma]], Roman politician
* [[Bassus of Lucera]], Roman bishop and [[martyr]]
* [[Gaius Avidius Nigrinus]], Roman politician
* [[Lucius Publilius Celsus]], Roman politician
* [[Lusius Quietus]], Roman general and governor
* [[Ren Shang]], Chinese general of [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cosmo |first1=Nicola Di |title=Military Culture in Imperial China |date=4 March 2011 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-26299-7 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6yAsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Terentian]], Roman bishop and martyr

== References ==
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