112

The year 112 (CXII) was a leap year beginning on a Thursday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named the year of the consulate of Trajan and Cornelius or less commonly, as 865 ab urbe condita, being its name as 112 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

• The architect Apolodoro de Damascus concludes the construction of the Trajan Forum.

Deaths

• Plinio el Joven, writer, lawyer and scientist from ancient Rome.