162
Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 162 (CLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus[1] and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 915 Ab urbe condita).[2]
The denomination 162 AD 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
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Roman Empire
[edit | edit source]- Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia.[3]
By topic
[edit | edit source]Art and Science
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Births
[edit | edit source]- Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, one of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius's thirteen children (d. 169)[4]
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Marcus Annius Libo, the second child and first son to Roman consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Who Is Junius Rusticus? An Introduction To The Philosopher King's Teacher". Daily Stoic. September 17, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ↑ Dershowitz, Nachum (1990). "Calendrical Calculations". Software: Practice and Experience. 20 (9 September): 899–928 [903]. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.404.2348. doi:10.1002/spe.4380200905. S2CID 44801940.
- ↑ Tsouras, Peter (July 20, 2017). "Rome's Parthian War, A.D. 161-166". HistoryNet. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ↑ Stephens, William O. (2012). Marcus Aurelius: a Guide for the Perplexed. New York: Continuum International Publications Group. ISBN 9781441108104.
- ↑ "Marcus Aurelius - Livius". www.livius.org. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
Indica in Greek at the Perseus Digital Library, http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1
Indica in Greek with side-by-side English translation at the Loeb Classics Library, https://www.loebclassics.com/view/arrian-indica/1983/pb_LCL269.307.xml