Year 90 (XC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Nerva (or, less frequently, year 843 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 90 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

• The Romans build a small garrison in the suburbs of modern Regensburg (approximate date).
• Pliny the Younger's appointment as urban quaestor ends.
• Emperor Domitian and Nerva are Roman Consuls.
• Cologne becomes the capital of Germania Inferior.
• A humiliating peace is bought by Domitian from Decebalus of Dacia.
• Artabanus III king of Parthia dies after a 10-year period in which he has challenged the suzerainty of Pacorus II, who will continue his reign until 105 AD

Asia

• Continuing his conquest of the Tarim basin, Chinese General Ban Chao defeats the Kushan led by Kanishka.

By topic

Art

• Young Flavian Woman is made. It is now kept at Musei Capitolini, Rome (approximate date).

Literature

• The Roman epic poet Gaius Valerius Flaccus dies, having written works that include the Argonautica, describing the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis.

Religion

• Drafting of The Gospel of John and the Acts of the Apostles.

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Births

• Ptolemy, Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer
• Buddhamitra, Buddhist Nun. (approximate date)

Deaths

• Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician (approximate date)
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Roman poet (approximate date)

References

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