Year 178 (
CLXXVIII) was a
common year starting on Wednesday
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(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 Scipio and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 931 ''
Ab urbe condita
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''). The denomination 178 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
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calendar era
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
* Bruttia Crispina
Bruttia Crispina (164 – 191 AD) was Roman Empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman Emperor Commodus. Her marriage to Commodus did not produce an heir, and her husband was instead succeeded by Pertinax.
Family
Crispina came from an illu ...
marries Commodus
Commodus (; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 to 192. He served jointly with his father Marcus Aurelius from 176 until the latter's death in 180, and thereafter he reigned alone until his assassination. ...
, and receives the title of '' Augusta''.
* Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...
and his son Commodus arrive at Carnuntum in Pannonia, and travel to the Danube to fight against the Marcomanni.
Asia
* Last (7th) year of ''Xiping'' era and start of ''Guanghe'' era of the Chinese Han dynasty, Han Dynasty.
* In India, the decline of the Kushan Empire begins. The Sassanides take over Central Asia.
Religion
* The Montanism, Montanist heresy is condemned for the first time.
Births
* Lü Meng, Chinese general (d. 220)
* Peng Yang (Han dynasty), Peng Yang, Chinese official (d. 214)
* Zhang Cheng (Three Kingdoms), Zhang Cheng, Chinese general (d. 244)
Deaths
* February 12 – Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria, Agrippinus, patriarch of Alexandria
* Empress Song (Han dynasty), Song, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty, Han Dynasty
References
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