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By Place
Roman Empire
* The Roman army consists of 400,000 men. Of these, there are ten legions (55,000 men) and 140 auxiliary units (80,000 men, of which half are cavalry) based in the
Balkans and along theDanube ; 50,000 legionnaires and auxiliaries in Britain; 45,000 inGermany ; 20,000 men inEgypt ; and 10,000 inAfrica andNumidia .Europe
* The Germans of the east move south, into the Carpathians and
Black Sea area.Asia
* First and only year of "Heping" of the Chinese
Han Dynasty .Americas
* The Middle Culture period of
Mayan civilization ends (approximate date).
* The GreatPyramid of the Sun is constructed inTeotihuacan . It is the tallestpre-Columbian building in the Americas.By Topic
Religion
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Marcion of Sinope produces his own version of theGospel of Luke (approximate date).Arts and Sciences
* The earliest atlas (
Ptolemy 's "Geography") is made (approximate date).
* This is also the approximate date of completition ofPtolemy 's monumental work "Almagest ". Thegeocentric cosmology contained in it holds sway for 1,400 years.
*Antoninus Liberalis writes a work onmythology (Μεταμορφωσεων Συναγωγη) (approximate date).
*Paper , made inChina , arrives inTurkestan .Births
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Monoimus ,Arab gnostic (approximate date)
*Nagarjuna , founder ofMahayana "Great Vehicle" (approximate date)
*Zhang Zhongjing , Chinese physician (d.219 )
*Yufuluo (d.196 )Deaths
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Empress Liang Na , wife ofEmperor Shun of Han (b.116 )
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