Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the

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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''

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''). The denomination 167 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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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

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s. * The

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tribe wages war against the

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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

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and

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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 (Hasdingi, Astingi and Lacringi) and the Sarmatians, Sarmatian Iazyges invade Dacia (Roman province), Dacia. To counter them, Legio V Macedonica, Legio V ''Macedonica'', returning from the Roman–Parthian War of 161–66, Parthian War, moves its headquarters from Troesmis in Moesia Inferior to Potaissa in Dacia Porolissensis. * The Germans devastate the Balkans and ransack the sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens.

Asia

* Change of era name from ''Yanxi'' to ''Yongkang'' of the Chinese Han dynasty, Han Dynasty. * King Chogo of Baekje wages war against Silla in the Korean peninsula.

Births

* Zhang Yi (Junsi), Zhang Yi (or Junsi), Chinese official (d. 230)

Deaths

* Abercius of Hieropolis, Abercius, bishop of Hierapolis, Hieropolis (approximate date) * Pope Anicetus, Anicetus, pope of Ancient Rome, Rome (approximate date) * Wang Fu (Han dynasty), Wang Fu, Chinese philosopher (b. AD 82)

References

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