Year 117 (CXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Apronianus (or, less frequently, year 870 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 117 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.

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117 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar117
CXVII
Ab urbe condita870
Assyrian calendar4867
Balinese saka calendar38–39
Bengali calendar−476
Berber calendar1067
Buddhist calendar661
Burmese calendar−521
Byzantine calendar5625–5626
Chinese calendar丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
2814 or 2607
    — to —
丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
2815 or 2608
Coptic calendar−167 – −166
Discordian calendar1283
Ethiopian calendar109–110
Hebrew calendar3877–3878
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat173–174
 - Shaka Samvat38–39
 - Kali Yuga3217–3218
Holocene calendar10117
Iranian calendar505 BP – 504 BP
Islamic calendar521 BH – 520 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar117
CXVII
Korean calendar2450
Minguo calendar1795 before ROC
民前1795年
Nanakshahi calendar−1351
Seleucid era428/429 AG
Thai solar calendar659–660
Tibetan calendar阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
243 or −138 or −910
    — to —
阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
244 or −137 or −909
The Roman Empire reaches its maximal extent between 116 and 117

Events

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Roman Empire

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  • Trajan falls seriously ill, leaving Hadrian in command of the east. On his death bed, Trajan allegedly adopts Hadrian and designates him as his successor.
  • August 9 - 11 – Emperor Trajan dies of a stroke at Selinus in Cilicia, age 63, while en route from Mesopotamia to Italy, leaving the Roman Empire at its maximal territorial extent.
  • Hadrian, who will reign until 138, succeeds him.
    • Hadrian, a Spaniard like Trajan, as Emperor inaugurates a policy of retrenchment and cultural integration, giving up the policy of conquest of his predecessor in order to consolidate the empire.
  • The Jewish Diaspora Revolt is quelled, likely by autumn 117, though unrest may have persisted in Egypt until early 118. Its suppression results in the near-complete expulsion of Jews from Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and several regions of Egypt.
  • Hadrian returns large parts of Mesopotamia to the Parthians, as part of a peace settlement.
  • Construction begins on the Pantheon in Rome.
  • The Roman Empire reaches its greatest extent.

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Commerce

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  • The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 87 percent under emperor Hadrian, down from 93 percent in the reign of Trajan.

Religion

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References

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  1. ^ Wee, John Z. (2017). The Comparable Body – Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine. Brill. p. 247. ISBN 9789004356771.
  2. ^ LeGlay, Marcel; Voisin, Jean-Louis; Le Bohec, Yann (2001). A History of Rome (2nd ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 278. ISBN 0-631-21858-0.