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==== Roman Empire ====
* Two Egyptian [[obelisk]]s are erected in [[Benevento]] in front of the Temple of [[Isis]], in honour of Emperor [[Domitian]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getty.edu/publications/egypt-classical-world/07/ |title="To Isis the Great, Lady of Benevento": Privately Dedicated Egyptian Obelisks in Imperial Rome and the Twin Obelisks of Benevento Reedited |first=Luigi |last=Prada |location=Uppsala University |website=Getty |year=2022}}</ref>
* [[Quintilian]] retires from teaching and from pleading,<ref name=Reid1911>{{cite EB1911 |last=Reid |first=James Smith |wstitle=Quintilian |volume=22 |p=761}}</ref> to compose his great work on the training of the orator (''Institutio Oratoria'').
* The [[Domitian's Dacian War|First Dacian War]] ends: [[Decebalus]] becomes a [[client state|client king]] of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], he receives money, [[artisan|craftsmen]] and [[siege engine|war machines]] to protect the borders ([[Limes (Roman Empire)|limes]]) of the [[Roman Empire]].