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Construction of the Temple of Venus and Roma begins in Rome .
121 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	113/114
Buddhist calendar	664/665 (southern Buddhism); 663/664 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	46th (47th) cycle , year of the metal rooster辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 224th / 1st year of the 225th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3881/82 (August 30/31)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DCCCLXXIV (874)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 431/432 (turn of the year April); Syria: 432/433 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	159
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	177/178 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

• Marcus Annius Verus and Gnaeus Arrius Augur are Roman consuls .
• The Roman settlement Aquae Mattiacorum , today's Wiesbaden , is mentioned for the first time.

science and technology

The 540 radicals in the seal script used in the Shuowen

The Shuowen Jiezi , compiled by the scholar Xu Shen , the first dictionary of characters in Chinese writing , more precisely the small seal script , was published in China during the Han Dynasty . The Shuowen Jiezi lists and explains in 15 chapters 9,353 characters , which are arranged according to radicals . In principle, this system is still in use today. The Shuowen Jiezi knows 540 radicals, the arrangement of which is influenced by philosophical considerations.

Culture and religion

The construction of the Temple of Venus and Roma , the largest temple in Rome with a floor area of ​​140 by 100 meters , begins. The construction work requires the demolition of the entrance hall of the Domus Aurea built by Nero . The foundations of this building are partially reused. Overall, the architecture of the temple is more based on the Greek than the Roman building rules. It also does not have a high podium, which is mandatory for Roman temples.

Born

Mark Aurel,
Glyptothek Munich

• April 26 : Mark Aurel , Roman emperor and philosopher of the younger Stoa († 180 )

Died

• Deng Sui , Chinese Empress (* 81 )
• Philetus , Christian martyr

• at 121: Cai Lun , Chinese eunuch and minister, documented paper production in China (* at 50 )

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