Year 157 (
CLVII) was a
common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the
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 Civica and Aquillus (or, less frequently, year 910 ''
Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 157 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
*A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia
Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It ...
.
Births
*
Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d.
237)
*
Hua Xin, Chinese official and minister (d.
232)
*
Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (d.
198
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Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab u ...
)
*
Xun You, Chinese official and statesman (d.
214)
Deaths
References
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