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Events

By place

Roman Empire

• October 28 - Roman emperor Nerva named Trajan as his adoptive son and successor. By doing so he also averted a threatened mutiny of the Praetorian Guard and other military units.
• Tacitus advanced to consulship.
• The Roman colony of Cuicul is started in Numidia.
• Nerva recognizes the Sanhedrin of Jamnia as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or nasi is designated as the representative of the Jewish people in Rome.

Asia

• Chinese troops reach the Caspian Sea.
• Chinese general Ban Chao has his lieutenant, Gan Ying, establish regular relations with the Parthians.

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