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Calendar overview 161
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The Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies. | |
He is followed by Lucius Verus and ... |
... Marcus Aurelius on the throne together. |
161 in other calendars | |
Ethiopian calendar | 153/154 |
Buddhist calendar | 704/705 (southern Buddhism); 703/704 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 47th (48th) cycle , year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
Greek calendar | 4th year of the 234th / 1st year of the 235th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3921/22 (September 7/8) |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CMXIV (914) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 471/472 (turn of the year April); Syria: 472/473 (New Year October) |
Spanish era | 199 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 217/218 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- March 7th : Mark Aurel and Lucius Verus succeed Antoninus Pius on the throne of the Roman emperor . Both are also Roman consuls this year .
- Under King Vologaeses IV , the Parthian Empire directly encroaches on the Roman Empire , which subsequently leads to Lucius Verus' Parthian War .
Culture and society
- Herodes Atticus donates the Odeon to his hometown Athens .
Born
- August 31 : Commodus , Roman Emperor († 192 )
- Liu Bei , founder of the Shǔ Hàn empire in southern China († 223 )
- Lü Dai , Chinese officer († 256 )
- Ze Rong , Chinese general († 197 )
Died
- March 7th : Antoninus Pius , Roman Emperor (* 86 )
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