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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 86 AD
-- The Roman General Trajan, future emperor, begins a campaign to crush an uprising in Germany. Precise date unknown.
-- Germany is divided into two provinces, Upper- and Lower-Germany. Precise date unknown.
-- Roman legions face disaster in Dacia in the First Battle of Tapae, when Cornelius Fuscus, Praetorian prefect, launches a powerful offensive that becomes a failure. Encircled in the valley of Timi, he dies along with his entire army. Rome must pay tribute to the Dacians in exchange for a vague recognition of Rome's importance. Precise date unknown.
-- Ban Gu (Pan Kou) and his sister Ban Zhao (Pan Tchao) compose a History of China. Precise date unknown.
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