What happened in 120?
Plutarch, Tacitus and Dio Chrysostom — among 13 events recorded in 120. A further 2 events are dated only to the wider period.
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People 6
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Nicomachus died
Greco-Syrian mathematician (c. 60 – c. 120 AD)
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Plutarch died
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
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Tacitus died
Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
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Dio Chrysostom died
Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian (c. 40 – c. 115)
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Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus died
1st/2nd century Roman senator and suffect consul
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Lucian of Samosata born
Born in Samosata. 2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician.
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Capitolium
Roman temple in Ostia
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Derby Racecourse Roman settlement
Archaeological site in United Kingdom
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 2 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 120 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 120.
120s 2
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Apollodorus of Damascus died
2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
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Apollodorus of Damascus
2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
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