120
Year 120 (CXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century |
| Decades: | 90s 100s 110s – 120s – 130s 140s 150s |
| Years: | 117 118 119 – 120 – 121 122 123 |
| Gregorian calendar | 120 CXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 873 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4870 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 41–42 |
| Bengali calendar | −473 |
| Berber calendar | 1070 |
| Buddhist calendar | 664 |
| Burmese calendar | −518 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5628–5629 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2816 or 2756 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2817 or 2757 |
| Coptic calendar | −164 – −163 |
| Discordian calendar | 1286 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 112–113 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3880–3881 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 176–177 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 41–42 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3220–3221 |
| Holocene calendar | 10120 |
| Iranian calendar | 502 BP – 501 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 517 BH – 516 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 120 CXX |
| Korean calendar | 2453 |
| Minguo calendar | 1792 before ROC 民前1792年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1348 |
| Seleucid era | 431/432 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 662–663 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 246 or −135 or −907 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 247 or −134 or −906 |
Events
Roman Empire
- Emperor Hadrian visits Britain.
- Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain.
- An Indian ambassadorial contingent visits with Hadrian.
- Suetonius becomes Hadrian's secretary ab epistolis.
- Market Gate of Miletus, from Miletos, is built. (approximate date) It is now kept at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.
Asia
- Change of era name from Yuanchu (7th year) to Yongning of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
- The Scythians dominate western India: Punjab, Sind, the north of Gujerat and a portion of central India.
Births
- February 8 – Vettius Valens, Hellenistic astrologer
- Irenaeus, Christian bishop and apologist
- Lucian, Syrian rhetorician and satirist, writing in the Greek language
Deaths
- Dio Chrysostom, Greek historian
- Nicomachus of Gerasa, Greek mathematician (approx. date)
- Sextus Pedius, Roman jurist
- Saint Matthias of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem
- Marcian of Tortona (or in 117), martyred saint
- Getulius, Saint Hermes, martyred saints
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