83

This article is about the year 83. For the number, see 83 (number). For other uses, see 83 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	50s  60s  70s  – 80s –  90s  100s  110s
Years:	80 81 82 – 83 – 84 85 86

83 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

83 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	83 LXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	836
Assyrian calendar	4833
Bengali calendar	−510
Berber calendar	1033
Buddhist calendar	627
Burmese calendar	−555
Byzantine calendar	5591–5592
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 2779 or 2719     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2780 or 2720
Coptic calendar	−201 – −200
Discordian calendar	1249
Ethiopian calendar	75–76
Hebrew calendar	3843–3844
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	139–140
- Shaka Samvat	5–6
- Kali Yuga	3184–3185
Holocene calendar	10083
Iranian calendar	539 BP – 538 BP
Islamic calendar	556 BH – 555 BH
Julian calendar	83 LXXXIII
Korean calendar	2416
Minguo calendar	1829 before ROC 民前1829年
Seleucid era	394/395 AG
Thai solar calendar	625–626

Year 83 (LXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 836 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 83 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

• Possible date of the Battle of Mons Graupius (83 or 84). According to Tacitus, 10,000 Britons and 360 Romans are killed.
• Roman emperor Domitian fights the Chatti, a Germanic tribe. His victory allows the construction of fortifications (Limes) along the Rhine-frontier.
• Inchtuthil, Roman fort built in Scotland.
• Domitian is again also a Roman Consul.
• Possible date that Demetrius of Tarsus visited an island in the Hebrides populated by holy men, possibly druids.
• In Rome, the castration of slaves is prohibited.

Deaths

• Consort Liang, consort of Emperor Zhang of Han