AD 132

"132 (year)" redirects here. For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 132 BC.

Year 132 (CXXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Serius and Sergianus (or, less frequently, year 885 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 132 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.

132 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	132 CXXXII
Ab urbe condita	885
Assyrian calendar	4882
Balinese saka calendar	53–54
Bengali calendar	−462 – −461
Berber calendar	1082
Buddhist calendar	676
Burmese calendar	−506
Byzantine calendar	5640–5641
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2829 or 2622     — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2830 or 2623
Coptic calendar	−152 – −151
Discordian calendar	1298
Ethiopian calendar	124–125
Hebrew calendar	3892–3893
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	188–189
- Shaka Samvat	53–54
- Kali Yuga	3232–3233
Holocene calendar	10132
Iranian calendar	490 BP – 489 BP
Islamic calendar	505 BH – 504 BH
Javanese calendar	7–8
Julian calendar	132 CXXXII
Korean calendar	2465
Minguo calendar	1780 before ROC 民前1780年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1336
Seleucid era	443/444 AG
Thai solar calendar	674–675
Tibetan calendar	阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 258 or −123 or −895     — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 259 or −122 or −894

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens) is completed, using Cossutius' design.
• Bar Kokhba revolt: The messianic, charismatic Jewish leader Simon bar Kokhba starts a war of liberation for Judea against the Romans, which is eventually crushed (in 135) by Emperor Hadrian; Rabbi Akiva is supportive of the rebellion.^[1]
• Legio X Fretensis must evacuate Jerusalem, returning to Caesarea. The Jews enter the city, and re-establish their system of sacrifices. They strike coins to celebrate their independence, which will last for only 30 months. Legio XXII Deiotariana, which advanced from Egypt, is completely destroyed.
• Merchants in Britain build structures outside the forts of Hadrian's Wall, and offer goods and services (including brothels) to Roman soldiers, who receive salaries in a region that otherwise has virtually no ready money.
• Construction begins on the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome (known today as Castel Sant'Angelo).

Asia

• Change of era name from Yongjian (7th year) to Yangjia of the Chinese Han dynasty.

By topic

Art and Science

• Chinese scientist Zhang Heng invents the first seismometer for determining the exact cardinal direction of earthquakes hundreds of miles away; the device employs a series of complex gears around a central swinging pendulum.

Births

• Cai Yong, Chinese calligrapher and musician (d. 192)
• Han Huandi, emperor of the Han dynasty (d. 168)^[2]
• Tao Qian, Chinese official and warlord (d. 194)

Deaths

• Juvenal of Benevento, Roman Christian and saint
• Sun Cheng, Chinese eunuch and politician