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Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century Decades: 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s - 130s - 140s - 150s - 160s - 170s
120Events Change of era name from Yuanchu (7th year) to Yongning of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty. Roman Emperor Hadrian visits Britain Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain Births Irenaeus, Christian bishop and apologist Lucian, Syrian rhetorician and satir 121Events Era name changes from Yongning (2nd year) to Jianguang in the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty. Roman settlement in present-day Wiesbaden, Germany is first mentioned. Roman emperor Hadrian fixes the border between Roman Britain and Caledonia on a line r 122Events Roman Emperor Hadrian orders that a 72-mile wall be built in northern Britain. Hadrian's Wall, as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the Picts and other tribes at bay. Change of era name from Jianguang (2nd year) to Yanguang of the Chinese E 123Events Roman Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli was built. Chinese scientist Zhang Heng corrected the calendar to bring it into line with the seasons. Antinous becomes Hadrian's lover. Births Deaths 123. 124Events Roman emperor Hadrian begins to rebuild the Olympeion in Athens. Births Deaths 124. 125Alternate uses, see Number 125''. Events Construction of the Pantheon ( Rome) as it stands today by Hadrian. The Roman satirist Juvenal's Satires records that bread and circuses keep the Roman people happy. Pope Telesphorus succeeds Pope Sixtus I. Last (4 126Events First year of the Yongjian era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. Births August 1, Pertinax, Roman Emperor Deaths Domitia Longina, widow of the Roman Emperor Domitian 126. 127Events Births Deaths 127. 128 129
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