99

This page is about the year 99. For other uses of 99, see 99 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
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Years:	96 97 98 – 99 – 100 101 102

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AD 99 (XCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of and (or, less frequently, year 852 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 99 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.

Roman Empire

• Emperor Trajan returns to Rome.
• Emissaries of the Kushan Empire reach the Roman Empire.
• August 29 – Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 581, recording the sale of a slave girl, is written.

Religion

• November 23 – Pope Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope according to Roman Catholic tradition.

Births

• c. March 9 – Narcissus of Jerusalem, Christian bishop and saint (d. c. 216)

Deaths

• Approximate date – Clement of Rome, pope of the Catholic Church