Year 187 (
CLXXXVII) was a
common year starting on Sunday
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Julian calendar
The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandr ...
. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 ''
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 187 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
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calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
* Septimius Severus marries Julia Domna (age 17), a Syrian princess, at Lugdunum (modern-day Lyon). She is the youngest daughter of high-priest Julius Bassianus – a descendant of the Royal Family of Emesa, Royal House of Emesa. Her elder sister is Julia Maesa.
* Clodius Albinus defeats the Chatti, a highly organized Germany, German tribe that controlled the area that includes the Black Forest.
By topic
Religion
* Olympianus of Byzantium, Olympianus succeeds Pertinax of Byzantium, Pertinax as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, bishop of Byzantium (until 198).
Births
* Cao Pi, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (d. 226)
* Gu Shao, Chinese official and politician (d. 218)
Deaths
* Chen Shi (Han dynasty), Chen Shi, Chinese official and politician (b. AD 104, 104)
* Maternus (rebel), Maternus, Gaulish rebel leader (approximate date)
* Pertinax of Byzantium, Pertinax, bishop of Byzantium
References
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