AD 85 explained

AD 85 (LXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Fulvus (or, less frequently, year 838 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 85 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 Domitian repulses a Dacian invasion of Moesia.^[1]
• Dacians under Decebalus engage in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89.^[2]
• Domitian appoints himself censor for life, which gives him the right to control the Senate. His totalitarian tendencies put the senatorial aristocracy firmly in opposition to him.^[3]

Asia

• Baekje invades the outskirts of Silla in the Korean peninsula. The war continues until the peace treaty of 105.^[4]

Births

• Marcion of Sinope, Greek theologian and founder of Marcionism (d. 160)^[5]
• Vibia Matidia (the Younger), Roman noblewoman (approximate date)^[6]

Deaths

• Gaius Oppius Sabinus, Roman politician and governor^[7]
• Lucius Mindius, Roman politician and aristocrat
• Titus Atilius Rufus, Roman politician and governor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dacia . Britannica.
2. Web site: Decebalus . Britannica.
3. Web site: Domitian . Britannica.
4. Hyŏn-hŭi Yi, Sŏng-su Pak, Nae-hyŏn Yun, «New history of Korea», pp.148-154, Jimoondang, 2005,
5. Web site: Marcion: Portrait of a Heretic . Robert . Bradshaw . EarlyChurch.org.uk.
6. Matidia Minor and the Rebuilding of Suessa Aurunca . Margaret L. . Woodhull . Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome . 63/64 . 2019 . 206., per footnote 12
7. Web site: Decebalus . WorldHistory.org . Joshua J. . Mark . June 5, 2018.