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Years: 118 119 120 121 - 122 - 123 124 125 126
Decades: 90s 100s 110s - 120s - 130s 140s 150s
Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Events

Roman Empire
- Roman Emperor Hadrian orders that a 72-mile wall be built in northern Britain. Hadrian's Wall, as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the Caledonians, Picts and other tribes at bay.
- September 13 - The building of Hadrian's Wall begins.
- Hadrian gives up the territories conquered in Scotland.
- Antinoüs, Hadrian's lover, dies (accident?, suicide?) at the Nile near Besa. Hadrian has him deified and begins construction of a town in his honour (Antinoë).

Asia
- Change of era name from Jianguang (2nd year) to Yanguang of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.