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'''AD 98''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XCVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Roman consul|Consulship]] of [[Nerva|Augustus]] and [[Traianus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 851 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 98 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 ====
* [[January 1]] – Emperor [[Nerva]] suffers a [[stroke]] during a private audience.<ref name="victor-caesaribus-12-10">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-04 |title=Roman Emperors |url=https://www.roman-emperors.org/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Roman Emperors |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – Nerva dies of a [[fever]] at his [[Roman villa|villa]] in the [[Gardens of Sallust]] and is succeeded by his [[Adoption|adopted]] son [[Trajan]]. Trajan is the first [[Roman Emperor]] born in [[Italica]], near [[Seville]]. A brilliant soldier and administrator, he enters [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] without ceremony and wins over the public. Continuing the policies of [[Augustus]], [[Vespasian]] and Nerva, he restores the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] to its full status in the government and begins a form of state [[Social welfare provision|welfare]] aimed at assuring that poor children are fed and taken care of. He has a specific vision of the [[Roman Empire|Empire]], which reaches its maximum extent under his rule, and keeps a close watch on finances. [[Tax]]es, without any increase, are sufficient during his reign to pay the considerable costs of the budget. The [[informers]] used by [[Domitian]] to support his [[tyranny]] are expelled from Rome. In order to maintain the [[Port]] of [[Alexandria]], Trajan reopens the canal between the [[Nile]] and the [[Red Sea]].
* Trajan elevates [[Ladenburg]] to city status ('''''[[civitas]]''''').

=== By topic ===
==== Arts and sciences ====
* [[Tacitus]] finishes his ''[[Germania (book)|Germania]]'' (approximate date).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Ronald H. |title=Tacitus |date=1981 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-04427-2 |pages=54}}</ref>

==== Commerce ====
* The [[silver]] content of the Roman [[denarius]] rises to 93 percent under emperor Trajan, up from 92 percent under Domitian.

== Deaths ==
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Nerva]], Roman emperor (b. [[AD 30]])<ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=269 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* [[Casperius Aelianus]], Roman [[praetorian prefect]] (b. [[AD 14]])

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