Editing AD 97

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'''AD 97''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XCVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Roman consul|Consulship]] of [[Nerva|Augustus]] and [[Lucius Verginius Rufus|Rufus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 850 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 97 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 ==
=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[October 28]] &ndash; Emperor [[Nerva]] recalls his general [[Trajan|Marcus Ulpius Trajanus]], age 44, from the [[Limes Germanicus|German frontier]] and is forced by the [[Praetorian Guard]] to [[Adoption in ancient Rome|adopt]] him as his successor.
* [[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus|Tacitus]] advances to [[consul]]ship.
* The Roman colony of [[Cuicul]] is started in [[Numidia]]. 
* Gloucester, England is founded as Colonia Glevum Nervensis by the Romans.
* Nerva recognizes the [[Sanhedrin]] of [[Council of Jamnia|Jamnia]] as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or ''[[Nasi (Hebrew title)|nasi]]'' is designated as the representative of the [[Jewish]] people in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* [[Sextus Julius Frontinus]] is appointed superintendent of the [[Aqueduct (Roman)|aqueducts]] (''[[Curator Aquarum|curator aquarum]]'') in Rome. At least 10 aqueducts supply the city with {{convert|250|e6USgal|m3}} of water per day. The [[Thermae|public baths]] use half the supply.

==== China ====
* [[Gan Ying]], is sent as an emissary to [[Daquin]] (Rome), though he is turned back by the Parthians.<ref>{{citation |surname=de Crespigny |given=Rafe |author-link=Rafe de Crespigny |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD) |location=Leiden |publisher=Koninklijke Brill |year=2007 |isbn=978-90-04-15605-0 |postscript=.}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Evaristus|Evaristus]] succeeds [[Pope Clement I]] as the fifth pope (according to [[Catholic]] tradition; none of the popes until the mid [[2nd century|second century]] is certain).

== Deaths ==
* [[Lucius Verginius Rufus]], Roman politician and general (b. [[AD 15]])
* [[Saint Timothy|Timothy]], Christian evangelist and saint (b. [[AD 17]])
* [[Titus Petronius Secundus]], Roman [[Praetorian prefect|prefect]] (b. [[AD 40]])
* [[Empress Dou (Zhang)|Zhangde]], Chinese empress of the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]]

== References ==
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