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141

6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

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140

Antoninus Pius recognizes the king of the Quadi, who becomes an ally of Rome.
Export of olive oil from Hispania Baetica to Rome peaks.

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138

Antoninus Pius succeedes Hadrian as Romam Emperor.

Zhi becomes emperor of the Han Dynasty in China

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137

Tax laws are passed for trade in Palmyra. The caravan city grows rich by importing rare products from the Persian Gulf, and by exporting items manufactured by the Mediterranean world to the East.

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135

- End of Simon bar Kokhba's revolt in Judaea. He is killed after 13 December in Bethar, the fortress in which he had taken refuge. Resistance continues in Galilee.
- An altar to Jupiter is erected on the site of the Temple of Jerusalem.

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133

Sextus Julius Severus, governor of Britain, is sent to Judea (after 135 renamed Palestine) to quell a revolt

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131

Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina on the location of Jerusalem

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129

Construction of Lambese of a defense for Numidia by the Roman legions

Hadrian continues his voyages, now inspecting Caria, Sicily, Cappodocia, and Syria

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127

Hadrian returns to Rome after a seven year voyage to the Roman provinces.

Hadrian, acting on the advice of his proconsul of Asia, Minucius Fundanus, determines that Christians shall not be put to death without a trial.

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125

Construction of the Pantheon as it stands today by Hadrian.

Pope Telesphorus succeeds Pope Sixtus I as the 8th Pope