84

Year 84 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

* Possible date of the Battle of Mons Graupius (83 or 84), in which Gnaeus Julius Agricola defeats the Caledonians.
* Pliny the Younger is "sevir equitum Romanorum" (commander of a cavalry squadron).
* The construction of the Limes, a line of Roman fortifications from the Rhine to the Danube, is begun.
* Through his election as consul for ten years and censor for life, Domitian openly subordinates the republican aspect of the state to the monarchical.
* Domitian increases the troops' pay by one third, thus securing their loyalty.

Asia

* Change of "Jianchu" era to "Yuanhe" era of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.

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