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Tacitus begins his career with two specialized but influential works of history, one on Britain and the other on Germany       
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Trajan, succeeding to the imperial throne in AD 98, is sufficiently confident to spend a year in Germany before returning to Rome      
Silver coin of Trajan, c.110 AD
Chichester District Museum

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c. 100
 
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A naturalistic style of Buddhist sculpture develops in the Gandhara region, part of modern Pakistan      
Gandhara sculpture
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c. 100
 
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A cult develops in Rome of the Egyptian goddess Isis, credited with restoring to life her hushand, Osiris, after he has been hacked to pieces       
c. 100
 
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Sculptors in the Roman empire develop the most brutally realistic convention in the history of portraiture     
c. 100
 
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Mecca develops into a place of pilgrimage, with a famous collection of idols in the Ka'ba       
c. 100
 
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The Celtic chieftains of Britain adapt willingly to Roman customs and comforts     
c. 100
 
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Theravada Buddhism, strong in south India and Sri Lanka, travels with traders through southeast Asia     
c. 100
 
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Realistic portraits, done in hot wax and preserved in coffins at Fayyum, vividly depict inhabitants of Roman Egypt      
Mummy portrait of a woman, c.110 AD
British Museum

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Teotihuacan, the dominant city in the northern highlands of central America, introduces the god Quetzalcoatl       
Quetzalcoatl, mosaic mask, 15th-16th c.
British Museum

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