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Years: 161 162 163 164 - 165 - 166 167 168 169

Decades: 130s 140s 150s - 160s - 170s 180s 190s

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Events

• Roman Empire
  • Roman operations under Avidius Cassius was successful against Parthia, capturing Artaxata, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians sued for peace.
  • A pandemic known as the Antonine Plague breaks out in Rome after the Roman army returns from Parthia. The plague significantly depopulates the empire.
  • Legio II Italica is levied by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
  • The Romans establish a garrison at Doura Europos on the Euphrates, a control point for the commercial route to the Persian Gulf.
  • Avidius Cassius takes Nisibis and conquers the north of Mesopotamia.
  • Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts (iuridici) in Italy (5 if Rome is included).

• Religion
  • The philosopher, Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian.
  • Discourse to the Greek, by the Syrian Tatian (first treatise on demonology in Christian literature).

Births

• Macrinus, Roman emperor (approximate date)

Deaths

• Justin Martyr, early apologist for Christianity
• Claudius Ptolemaeus, Greek astronomer (approximate date)af:165

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