Beginning of Bostran Era

Date: March 22, 106 • Location: Rome, Italy

The Bostran era, the official era of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, began.

Year 106 (CVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica. The denomination 106 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.