117

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	80s  90s  100s  – 110s –  120s  130s  140s
Years:	114 115 116 – 117 – 118 119 120

The Roman Empire is the biggest in the years 116 and 117

Year 117 (CXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Apronianus (or, less frequently, year 870 Ab urbe condita). The writing of 117 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the normal method in Europe for naming years.

Births

• Aelius Aristides, Greek orator (d. 181)

Deaths

• August 8 – Trajan, Roman emperor (b. AD 53)
• Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (b. AD 56)
• Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus, Roman general in Judea (b. AD 70)
• Hermione of Ephesus, Maurus, Pantalemon and Sergius, Astius and several other Christian martyrs in persecution by Trajan