AD 98

AD 98 (XCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of 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.

AD 98 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 98 XCVIII
Ab urbe condita	851
Assyrian calendar	4848
Balinese saka calendar	19–20
Bengali calendar	−496 – −495
Berber calendar	1048
Buddhist calendar	642
Burmese calendar	−540
Byzantine calendar	5606–5607
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2795 or 2588     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2796 or 2589
Coptic calendar	−186 – −185
Discordian calendar	1264
Ethiopian calendar	90–91
Hebrew calendar	3858–3859
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	154–155
- Shaka Samvat	19–20
- Kali Yuga	3198–3199
Holocene calendar	10098
Iranian calendar	524 BP – 523 BP
Islamic calendar	540 BH – 539 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 98 XCVIII
Korean calendar	2431
Minguo calendar	1814 before ROC 民前1814年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1370
Seleucid era	409/410 AG
Thai solar calendar	640–641
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Bird) 224 or −157 or −929     — to — ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 225 or −156 or −928

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• January 1 – Emperor Nerva suffers a stroke during a private audience.^[1]
• January 27 – Nerva dies of a fever at his villa in the Gardens of Sallust and is succeeded by his adopted son Trajan. Trajan is the first Roman Emperor born in Italica, near Seville. A brilliant soldier and administrator, he enters Rome without ceremony and wins over the public. Continuing the policies of Augustus, Vespasian and Nerva, he restores the Senate to its full status in the government and begins a form of state welfare aimed at assuring that poor children are fed and taken care of. He has a specific vision of the Empire, which reaches its maximum extent under his rule, and keeps a close watch on finances. Taxes, 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 (approximate date).^[2]

Commerce

• The silver content of the Roman denarius rises to 93 percent under emperor Trajan, up from 92 percent under Domitian.

Deaths

• January 27 – Nerva, Roman emperor (b. AD 30)^[3]
• Casperius Aelianus, Roman praetorian prefect (b. AD 14)