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'''103''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Maximus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 856 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 103 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Trajan]] and [[Manius Laberius Maximus]] become [[Roman consul]]s.  
* [[Pliny the Younger]] becomes a member of the college of [[Augur]]s (103–[[AD 104|104]]).
* [[Legio X Gemina|Legio X ''Gemina'']] moves to [[Vienna]], where it remains until the 5th century.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* In [[Palmyra|Palmyra, Syria]], a Temple of the Sun is erected to the god [[Baal]].

== Births ==
*[[Kong Zhou (Eastern Han)|Kong Zhou]], father of [[Kong Rong]] (d. 163)

== Deaths ==
* [[Kanishka|Kanishka I]], ruler of the [[Kushan Empire]] (approximate date)
* [[Frontinus|Sextus Julius Frontinus]], Roman author (b. c. [[AD 40]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kvint |first1=Vladimir |title=Strategy for the Global Market: Theory and Practical Applications |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317485575 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R_CoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Martial]], poet and satirist<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martial-Roman-poet | access-date=February 22, 2024 | title=Martial | first=Herbert Henry | last=Huxley | series=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref> 
* [[Silius Italicus]], Roman politician and author (b. c. [[AD 28]])
* [[Empress Yin (He)|Yin]], Chinese empress of the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]] (b. [[AD 80]])

== References ==
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