103

This article is about the year 103. For the number, see 103 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	70s  80s  90s  – 100s –  110s  120s  130s
Years:	100 101 102 – 103 – 104 105 106

103 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

103 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	103 CIII
Ab urbe condita	856
Assyrian calendar	4853
Bengali calendar	−490
Berber calendar	1053
Buddhist calendar	647
Burmese calendar	−535
Byzantine calendar	5611–5612
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2799 or 2739     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2800 or 2740
Coptic calendar	−181 – −180
Discordian calendar	1269
Ethiopian calendar	95–96
Hebrew calendar	3863–3864
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	159–160
- Shaka Samvat	25–26
- Kali Yuga	3204–3205
Holocene calendar	10103
Iranian calendar	519 BP – 518 BP
Islamic calendar	535 BH – 534 BH
Julian calendar	103 CIII
Korean calendar	2436
Minguo calendar	1809 before ROC 民前1809年
Seleucid era	414/415 AG
Thai solar calendar	645–646

Year 103 (CIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 856 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 103 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.

Events

• Emperor Trajan and Manius Laberius Maximus become Roman Consul.
• Pliny the Younger becomes a member of the college of Augurs (103–104).
• Legio X Gemina moves to Vienna, where it remains until the 5th century.
• In Palmyra, Syria, a Temple of the Sun is erected to the god Baal.

Deaths

• Kanishka, King of the Kushans (possible date?)
• Frontinus, Roman author (b. c. 40 AD)