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Events

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Roman Empire

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Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

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Roman Empire

★ A Roman military operation under Avidius Cassius was successful against Parthia, capturing Artaxata, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians sued for peace.

★ A pandemic known as the Antonine Plague breaks out in Rome after the Roman army returns from Parthia. The plague significantly depopulates the empire.

★ Legio II ''Italica'' is levied by Marcus Aurelius.

★ The Romans establish a garrison at Doura Europos on the Euphrates, a control point for the commercial route to the Persian Gulf.

★ Avidius Cassius takes Nisibis and conquers the north of Mesopotamia.

★ Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts (iuridici) in Italy (5 if Rome is included).

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Religion

★ 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

★ Macrinus, Roman emperor (approximate date)

Deaths

★ Justin Martyr, early apologist for Christianity

★ Claudius Ptolemaeus, Greek astronomer (approximate date)

★ Empress Deng Mengnu