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Events 110s – All Roads Lead To Rome

All Roads Lead To Rome Events 100 – 200: The Grand Anicut, an ancient dam, is constructed by a Chola king. 101 – 102, 105 – 106: The Dacian Wars. After two conflicts, Dacia is annexed as a Roman province. 114 – 116: A war with Parthia results in Armenia and Mesopotamia being temporarily annexed into the Roman Empire. 115 – 117: Kitos War, adjunct to the Jewish–Roman wars. The Roman Empire has more than 75,000 kilometers (47,000 mi) of roads. Caravans make regular departures from Luoyang with Chinese ginger, cassia (a type of cinnamon), and silk to be bartered in Central Asia for gold, silver, glassware, pottery, cloth, and intaglio gems from Rome. Suetonius, Roman historian, publishes Viris Illustribus (“On Famous Men” – in the field of literature). Rome has a population exceeding 1 million, making it the largest city in the world.

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