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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century |
Decades: | 130s 140s 150s – 160s – 170s 180s 190s |
Years: | 162 163 164 – 165 – 166 167 168 |
Year 165 (CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events[change | change source]
By place[change | change source]
Roman Empire[change | change source]
- Avidius Cassius is successful against Parthia. They take Artaxata, Seleucia on the Tigris, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians ask for peace.
- A pandemic known as the Antonine Plague breaks out in Rome.
- Dura-Europos is taken by the Romans.
- The Romans make a garrison at Doura Europos on the Euphrates.
- Avidius Cassius takes Nisibis. He conquers the north of Mesopotamia.
- Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts in Italy.
By topic[change | change source]
Religion[change | change source]
- The philosopher Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian.
- Discourse to the Greek (Oratio ad Graecos), by the Syrian Tatian, is the first treatise on the evils of paganism in Christian literature.
Births[change | change source]
- Macrinus, Roman emperor (approximate date)
Deaths[change | change source]
- Justin Martyr, early apologist for Christianity
- Claudius Ptolemaeus, Greek astronomer (approximate date)
- Empress Deng Mengnu, wife of Emperor Huan of Han
- Elpinice (daughter of Herodes Atticus)