AD 131

"131 (year)" redirects here. For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 131 BC.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	110s 120s 130s 140s 150s
Years:	128 129 130 131 132 133 134

131 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	131 CXXXI
Ab urbe condita	884
Assyrian calendar	4881
Balinese saka calendar	52–53
Bengali calendar	−462
Berber calendar	1081
Buddhist calendar	675
Burmese calendar	−507
Byzantine calendar	5639–5640
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2828 or 2621     — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2829 or 2622
Coptic calendar	−153 – −152
Discordian calendar	1297
Ethiopian calendar	123–124
Hebrew calendar	3891–3892
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	187–188
- Shaka Samvat	52–53
- Kali Yuga	3231–3232
Holocene calendar	10131
Iranian calendar	491 BP – 490 BP
Islamic calendar	506 BH – 505 BH
Javanese calendar	6–7
Julian calendar	131 CXXXI
Korean calendar	2464
Minguo calendar	1781 before ROC 民前1781年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1337
Seleucid era	442/443 AG
Thai solar calendar	673–674
Tibetan calendar	阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 257 or −124 or −896     — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 258 or −123 or −895

Year 131 (CXXXI) 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 Laenas and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 884 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 131 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

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina, on the location of Jerusalem.
• The Praetor's Edict is definitively codified by Salvius Julianus, on Hadrian's orders. This change means that senatorial decrees become a mere confirmation of the imperial speech (oratio principis) which initiated them.
• Reorganization of the Imperial Council: Central administration is reinforced, and administrative positions are entrusted to knights, according to a very strict hierarchy. Under the reorganization, the Roman Senate is excluded from controlling the business of state.
• Hadrian restores the monarchist policy of Claudius and Domitian. The equestrian order is given full legal status, and attains the second order of the state.
• Italy is divided into legal districts managed by consuls, a direct blow to the power and prestige of the Senate.

By topic

Religion

• The Edict of Hadrian prohibits the practice of circumcision. Additionally, Hadrian prohibits public reading of the Torah under penalty of death, as well as observance of festivals and the Sabbath, the teaching of Judaic Law, and the ordination of rabbis.
• The Temple of Baalshamin is built in Palmyra.

Deaths

• Joshua ben Hananiah, leading Jewish tanna