165
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This article is about the year 165. For other uses, see 165 (number).
| Centuries: | 1st century · 2nd century · 3rd century |
| Decades: | 130s 140s 150s 160s 170s 180s 190s |
| Years: | 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 |
| 165 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 165 CLXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 918 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1679 – -1678 |
| Buddhist calendar | 709 |
| Chinese calendar | 2801/2861-12-1 (甲辰年十二月初一日) — to —
2802/2862-11-11(乙巳年十一月十一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 157 – 158 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3925 – 3926 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 220 – 221 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 87 – 88 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3266 – 3267 |
| Holocene calendar | 10165 |
| Iranian calendar | 457 BP – 456 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 471 BH – 470 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 825 (皇紀825年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10165 |
| Julian calendar | 210 |
| Korean calendar | 2498 |
| Thai solar calendar | 708 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Story
[edit] 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
- Macrinus, Roman emperor (approximate date)
[edit] Deaths
- Justin Martyr, early apologist for Christianity
- Claudius Ptolemaeus, Greek astronomer (approximate date)
