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Map with all linked sites: | 166 | |
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 Commodus and Annius Verus to Caesars . |
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| Ethiopian calendar | 158/159 |
| Buddhist calendar | 709/710 (southern Buddhism); 708/709 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 47th (48th) cycle , year of the fire-horse丙午 ( at the beginning of the year wood-snake 乙巳) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 236th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3926/27 (September 13-14) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CMXIX (919) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 476/477 (April turn of the year); Syria: 477/478 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 204 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 222/223 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- October 12 : Emperor Mark Aurel and Lucius Verus celebrate the first triumphal procession in Rome for almost 50 years after the Parthian War . Marcus Aurelius elevates his two sons, the five-year-old Commodus and the four-year-old Annius Verus Caesar to Caesars .
- First Marcomanni War : Members of various barbaric peoples, including a number of Germanic tribes such as the Marcomanni and the Quadi , repeatedly advance into the Roman Danube provinces because they are ousted by the Goths .
Empire of China
- A delegation from the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius calls on the emperor of China .
- Eastern Han Dynasty : First partisan prohibition in China.
Korea
- After Gaeru's death , his eldest son Chogo becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Baekje . He inherits a military conflict with the neighboring kingdom of Silla from his father .
religion
- Soterus becomes bishop of Rome . He is the successor to Anicetus .
- Alypius succeeds Laurentius as Bishop of Byzantion after his death .
Disasters
- Legionnaires who return from the war in the east against the Parthians drag the Antonine plague into the European parts of the empire. The cemeteries are overcrowded, Marcus Aurelius orders poor people to be buried at state expense. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of people die within a few years.
Born
Died
- Gaeru , King of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea (* before 128)
- Laurentius , Bishop of Byzantium
- Ma Rong , Chinese scholar (* 79 )
- around 166: Anicetus , Bishop of Rome (* around 100 )
- around 166: Celadion , Bishop of Alexandria
- around 166: Felicitas and her sons , Christian martyrs
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