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Years: 168 169 170 171 - 172 - 173 174 175 176

Decades: 140s 150s 160s - 170s - 180s 190s 200s

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

Events

• Roman Empire
  • Marcus Aurelius as part of the pact signed with the Marcomanni, imports them to occupy areas of the empire that had been depopulated by the plague.
  • The Sarmations attack the lower Danube frontier.
  • Miracle of June 11 in Moravia: as the Roman army was encircled by the Quadi under intense heat, a violent thunderstorm swept away the Quadi in a torrent of water and mud, and refreshed the parched legionaires.

• Asia
  • Last (5th) year of Jianning era and start of Xiping era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

• Religion
  • Tatian produces his Diatessaron, a harmony of the four gospels.
  • Montanism spreads through the empire

Births

• Philostratus the Athenian, Greek sophist (approximate date)

Deaths

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