Year 159 (
CLIX) was a
common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. At the time in Roman territories, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintillus and Priscus (or, less frequently, year 912 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''). The denomination 159 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
India
* In
India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni, as King
Satavahana of
Andhra, begins.
Births
*
December 30
Events
Pre-1600
*534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
*999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushi ...
–
Lady Bian, wife of
Cao Cao
Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate Grand chancellor (China), grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the End of ...
(d. 230)
* Fadilla, Annia Aurelia Fadilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
* Gordian I, Roman emperor (d. 238)
* Lu Zhi (Han dynasty), Lu Zhi, Chinese general (d. 192)
Deaths
* Liang Ji, Chinese general and regent
* Liang Nüying, Chinese empress
References
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