100 AD - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 100.

Events

• The Portland Vase is believed to have been made in Alexandria some time between 20 BC and this year.
• Pliny the Younger advances to consulship.
• The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China.
• Lions have become extinct in Europe by this date.

Births

• Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (approximate date).
• Justin Martyr, Christian apologist (approximate date).

Deaths

• Josephus, Jewish historian
• Agrippa II of Judea