AD 106

"106 (year)" redirects here. For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 106 BC.

Year 106 (CVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica (or, less frequently, year 859 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 106 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.

106 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	106 CVI
Ab urbe condita	859
Assyrian calendar	4856
Balinese saka calendar	27–28
Bengali calendar	−488 – −487
Berber calendar	1056
Buddhist calendar	650
Burmese calendar	−532
Byzantine calendar	5614–5615
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2803 or 2596     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2804 or 2597
Coptic calendar	−178 – −177
Discordian calendar	1272
Ethiopian calendar	98–99
Hebrew calendar	3866–3867
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	162–163
- Shaka Samvat	27–28
- Kali Yuga	3206–3207
Holocene calendar	10106
Iranian calendar	516 BP – 515 BP
Islamic calendar	532 BH – 531 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	106 CVI
Korean calendar	2439
Minguo calendar	1806 before ROC 民前1806年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1362
Seleucid era	417/418 AG
Thai solar calendar	648–649
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 232 or −149 or −921     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 233 or −148 or −920

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Decebalus' suicidal death, from Trajan's Column

• Ignatius writes a letter to Christians in Smyrna, using the term Catholic Church (approximate date). This is the earliest surviving witness to the use of the term "Catholic Church".
• Emperor Trajan conquers the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains, and surrounds the capital, Sarmizegetusa.
• Battle of Sarmizegetusa: The Dacians are defeated with 50,000 captured. King Decebalus flees and commits suicide.^[1]
• August 11 – The south-eastern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. The veterans of the legions are given land in the new province for their service in the Roman army.
• Trajan annexes the Nabataean Kingdom (with its capital Petra) as the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. The epoch of the calendar of the province of Arabia begins on March 22.
• Romans construct a road between Eilat and Damascus.^[1]

China

• February 13 – Emperor He of Han dies after a 18-year reign. Empress Dowager Deng places her infant son Han Shangdi on the Chinese throne. First and the only year of yanping era.
• September 21 – Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign and is succeeded by his 12-year-old cousin Han Andi as ruler of the Chinese Eastern Han dynasty (until 125).

By topic

Literature

• Aelianus Tacticus (or Aelian) writes his Taktike Theoria (approximate date).

Deaths

• February 13 – He of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. AD 79)^[2]
• September 21 – Han Shangdi, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 105)^[3]
• Decebalus, king of Dacia (suicide, being pursued by the Romans) (b. AD 87)^[4][1]
• Liu Qing, Chinese prince of the Han dynasty (b. AD 78)^[5]
• Rabbel II Soter, ruler of the Nabataean Kingdom