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Contents

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

Europe

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

★ Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor. The Era of the Five Good Emperors ends

★ Rome creates a 4 mile wide buffer zone on the Danubian side of the Danube.

★ Work begins in Rome on the building of a column to commemorate wars conducted by Marcus Aurelius on the Danubian border.

★ 180–395 — Late Empire in Rome.

★ Porta Nigra is built in Germanian Trier.

Europe

★ The Goths reach the banks of the Black Sea.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ In his ''Methodus Medendo'', Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord.

★ Publication of Galen's popular work on hygiene.

Religion

★ July 17 — Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in Numidia are executed in Carthage (also in North Africa) for being Christians (known as the Scillitan Martyrs) — they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor.

★ Commodus creates an official cult of the Zoroastrian god Mithra.

Births

★ Sima Fu, younger brother of Sima Yi

Deaths

★ March 17 — Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (b. 121)

★ Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian (approximate date)

★ Gaius, Roman jurist (approximate date)

★ Lucian (approximate date)

★ Maximilla, Montanist heresiarchess

★ Melito of Sardis, bishop of Sardis

★ St. Miggin (martyred in Numidia)

★ St. Namphamo and consorts (martyred)

★ St. Symphorian (martyred)