Year 167 (
CLXVII) was a
common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''
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 167 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
Roman Empire
*
Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus and
Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus
Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus (138–182) was a Roman Senator and the nephew of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He was involved in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate his cousin the Emperor Commodus, which led to his execution afterwards.
Offic ...
become
Roman Consuls.
* The
Marcomanni tribe wages war against the
Romans at
Aquileia
Aquileia / / / / ;Bilingual name of ''Aquileja – Oglej'' in: vec, Aquiłeja / ; Slovenian: ''Oglej''), group=pron is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about from the sea, on the river N ...
. 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.
* The
Vandals (
Astingi and
Lacringi) and the
Sarmatian Iazyges invade
Dacia. To counter them,
Legio V ''Macedonica'', returning from the
Parthian War, moves its headquarters from
Troesmis
Troesmis was an ancient Roman legionary fortress, a major site situated on the Danube and forming a key part of the Limes Moesiae frontier system. Around this fortress the Geto-Dacian town later developed.TOCILESCU 1883a, p. 101http://www.turc ...
in
Moesia Inferior
Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...
to
Potaissa
Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europ ...
in
Dacia Porolissensis
Roman Dacia ( ; also known as Dacia Traiana, ; or Dacia Felix, 'Fertile/Happy Dacia') was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today ...
.
* The
Germans devastate the
Balkans and ransack the sanctuary of
Eleusis
Elefsina ( el, Ελευσίνα ''Elefsina''), or Eleusis (; Ancient Greek: ''Eleusis'') is a suburban city and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in the West Attica regional unit of Greece. It is situated about northwest ...
, near
Athens.
Asia
* Change of era name from ''Yanxi'' to ''Yongkang'' of the Chinese
Han Dynasty.
* King
Chogo of Baekje
Chogo of Baekje (died 214, r. 166–214) was the fifth king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
Background
According to the history compilation ''Samguk Sagi'', he was the son of the previous king Gaeru. He became king upon Gaeru's ...
wages war against
Silla in the
Korean peninsula.
Births
*
Zhang Yi (or Junsi), Chinese official (d.
230
Year 230 (Roman numerals, CCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Agricola and Clementinus (or, less frequently, year ...
)
Deaths
*
Abercius, bishop of
Hieropolis
Hierapolis (; grc, Ἱεράπολις, lit. "Holy City") was originally a Phrygian cult centre of the Anatolian mother goddess of Cybele and later a Greek city. Its location was centred upon the remarkable and copious hot springs in classica ...
(approximate date)
*
Anicetus, pope of
Rome (approximate date)
*
Wang Fu, Chinese philosopher (b.
AD 82
AD 82 ( LXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sabinus (or, less frequently, year 835 ''Ab urbe condita ...
)
References
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