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Lord Nwahs · Jul 15, 2024

AD 162: Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia.

Bankowiata · Jul 15, 2024

AD 163: Marcus Statius Priscus re-conquers Armenia; the capital city of Artaxata is ruined.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 15, 2024

AD 164: Emperor Marcus Aurelius gives his daughter Lucilla in marriage to his co-emperor Lucius Verus.

Bankowiata · Jul 15, 2024

AD 165: Sindae becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 16, 2024

AD 166: Scholars who have denounced eunuchs are arrested, killed or banished from the capital and official life in Han dynasty China. This is the first of the Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions, which end in 184.

Bankowiata · Jul 16, 2024

AD 167: The Marcomanni tribe wages war against the Romans at Aquileia. They destroy aqueducts and irrigation conduits. Marcus Aurelius repels the invaders, ending the Pax Romana (Roman Peace) that has kept the Roman Empire free of conflict since the days of Emperor Augustus.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 16, 2024

AD 168: Emperor Ling of Han succeeds Emperor Huan of Han as the emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty; the first year of the Jianning era.

Bankowiata · Jul 16, 2024

AD 169: Marcomannic Wars: Germanic tribes invade the frontiers of the Roman Empire, specifically the provinces of Raetia and Moesia.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 16, 2024

AD 170: The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusina, near Athens, and destroy the temple of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Bankowiata · Jul 16, 2024

AD 171: Marcus Aurelius signs a peace treaty with the Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges. The Germanic tribes of the Hasdingi (Vandals) and the Lacringi become Roman allies.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 17, 2024

AD 172: Battle of Jwawon: Goguryeo Prime Minister Myeongnim Dap-bu defeats the Chinese Han dynasty forces in Manchuria.

Bankowiata · Jul 17, 2024

AD 173: Gnaeus Claudius Severus and Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus become Roman Consuls.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 17, 2024

AD 174: Reign in India of Yajnashri Satakarni, Satavahana king of the Andhra. He extends his empire from the center to the north of India.

Bankowiata · Jul 17, 2024

AD 175: Confucian scholars try to ensure their capacity in the royal court of China. They are massacred by the eunuchs.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 20, 2024

AD 176: Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator, and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.

Bankowiata · Jul 20, 2024

AD 177: Chinese troops suffer a crushing defeat against a confederacy of Central Asian tribes, led by the Xianbei (see Wu Hu).

Wilkshire · Jul 20, 2024

AD 178: In India, the decline of the Kushan Empire begins. The Sassanides take over Central Asia.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 20, 2024

AD 179: Abgar IX the Great becomes King of Edessa.

Wilkshire · Jul 21, 2024

AD 180: In his Methodus Medendo, Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord.

Bankowiata · Jul 21, 2024

AD 181: The volcano associated with Lake Taupō in New Zealand erupts, one of the largest on Earth in the last 5,000 years. The effects of this eruption are seen as far away as Rome and China.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 21, 2024

AD 182: Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.

Bankowiata · Jul 22, 2024

AD 183: January 26 – Lady Zhen, wife of the Cao Wei state Emperor Cao Pi (d. 221) is born.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 22, 2024

AD 184: The Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions ends.

Wilkshire · Jul 24, 2024

AD 185: Cleomedes discovers the refraction of light by the Earth's atmosphere.

Bankowiata · Jul 24, 2024

AD 186: Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers.

Wilkshire · Jul 24, 2024

AD 187: Olympianus succeeds Pertinax as bishop of Byzantium.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 24, 2024

AD 188: Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa.

Wilkshire · Jul 25, 2024

AD 189: Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city.

Bankowiata · Jul 25, 2024

AD 190: Cleomedes teaches that the moon does not glow on its own, but rather reflects sunlight.

Wilkshire · Jul 25, 2024

AD 191: King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V.

Bankowiata · Jul 25, 2024

AD 192: December 31 – Emperor Commodus alarms the Senate, by appearing dressed as a gladiator for his new consulship on January 1. His mistress Marcia finds her name on the imperial execution list, and hires champion wrestler Narcissus to assassinate Commodus; the Antonines Dynasty ends.

Lord Nwahs · Jul 25, 2024

AD 193: Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard.

Bankowiata · Jul 25, 2024

AD 194: Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days.

Wilkshire · Jul 26, 2024

AD 195: The denarius is devalued by Severus. The coin now contains only 50% precious metal.

Bankowiata · Jul 26, 2024

AD 196: A church council is held in Caesarea over the date of Easter.

Wilkshire · Jul 26, 2024

AD 197: Galen's major work on medicines, Pharmacologia, is published.

Bankowiata · Jul 26, 2024

AD 198: Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211)

Lord Nwahs · Jul 27, 2024

AD 199: Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan.

Wilkshire · Jul 27, 2024

AD 200: Clement of Alexandria denounces the use of musical instruments instead of human voices in Christian music.

Bankowiata · Jul 27, 2024

AD 201: Lucius Annius Fabianus and Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus become Roman Consuls.

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