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'{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Year nav|90}} {{M1 year in topic}} '''AD 90''' ('''[[Roman numerals|XC]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Domitian]] and [[Nerva]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 843 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination AD 90 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==== * The Romans build a small fort for the [[garrison]] in the suburbs of modern [[Regensburg]] (approximate date). * [[Pliny the Younger]]'s appointment as urban [[quaestor]] ends. * Emperor [[Domitian]] and [[Nerva]] are [[List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consuls]]. * [[Cologne]] becomes the capital of [[Germania Inferior]]. * A humiliating peace is bought by Domitian, from King [[Decebalus]] of [[Dacia]]. * An epidemic afflicts Rome.<ref>[[Ronald Syme]], ''Some Arval brethren'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980), pp.&nbsp;21-24</ref> ====Asia==== * Continuing his conquest of the [[Tarim Basin]], Chinese General [[Ban Chao]] defeats the [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]], led by [[Kanishka]]. ===By topic=== ====Art==== * The ''Young Flavian Woman'' is made. It is now kept at [[Capitoline Museums|Musei Capitolini]], [[Rome]] (approximate date). ====Literature==== * Roman epic poet [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]] dies, having written works that include the ''[[Argonautica]]'', describing the voyage of [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]] to retrieve the [[Golden Fleece]] from the mythical land of [[Colchis]]. ====Religion==== * The [[Gospel of John]] is drafted (possible date). </onlyinclude> ==Births== * [[Rabbi Ishmael|Ishmael ben Elishha]], Jewish [[rabbi]] (approximate date) * [[Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 127)|Quintus Tuneius Rufus]], Roman politician (approximate date) == Deaths == * [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], Roman poet (approximate date) * [[Pedanius Dioscorides]], Greek physician (approximate date) * [[Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis I]], Roman client king == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:90}} [[Category:90|0090]]'