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Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 168 (CLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Paullus (or, less frequently, year 921 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 168 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]- Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his adopted brother Lucius Verus leave Rome, and establish their headquarters at Aquileia.
- The Roman army crosses the Alps into Pannonia, and subdues the Marcomanni at Carnuntum, north of the Danube.
Asia
[edit | edit source]- Emperor Ling of Han succeeds Emperor Huan of Han as the emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty; the first year of the Jianning era.
Births
[edit | edit source]- Cao Ren, Chinese general (d. 223)
- Gu Yong, Chinese chancellor (d. 243)
- Li Tong, Chinese general (d. 209)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Anicetus, pope of Rome (approximate date)
- Chen Fan, Chinese official and politician
- Daniel of Padua, Italian bishop and saint
- Dou Wu, Chinese politician and regent
- Huan of Han, Chinese emperor (b. 132)[1]
- Titus Flavius Boethus, Roman politician
- Titus Furius Victorinus, Roman prefect
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Higham, Charles (2014). Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations. Infobase Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-4381-0996-1.