AD 83
year
AD 83 (LXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Quintus Petillius Rufus (or, less frequently, year 836 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 83 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. In AD 83 the Julian year accumulated a one day difference from tropical year.
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Roman Empire
Possible date of the Battle of Mons Graupius (AD 83 or 84): According to Tacitus, 10,000 Britons and 360 Romans are killed.
Emperor Domitian fights the Chatti, a Germanic tribe. His victory allows the construction of fortifications (Limes) along the Rhine-frontier.
The Roman fort Inchtuthil is built in Scotland.
Domitian is, again, also a Roman Consul.
Possible date that Demetrius of Tarsus visits an island in the Hebrides populated by holy men, possibly druids.
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