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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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161 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 161 CLXI |
Ab urbe condita | 914 |
Assyrian calendar | 4911 |
Balinese saka calendar | 82–83 |
Bengali calendar | −432 |
Berber calendar | 1111 |
Buddhist calendar | 705 |
Burmese calendar | −477 |
Byzantine calendar | 5669–5670 |
Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2857 or 2797 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2858 or 2798 |
Coptic calendar | −123 – −122 |
Discordian calendar | 1327 |
Ethiopian calendar | 153–154 |
Hebrew calendar | 3921–3922 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 217–218 |
- Shaka Samvat | 82–83 |
- Kali Yuga | 3261–3262 |
Holocene calendar | 10161 |
Iranian calendar | 461 BP – 460 BP |
Islamic calendar | 475 BH – 474 BH |
Javanese calendar | 37–38 |
Julian calendar | 161 CLXI |
Korean calendar | 2494 |
Minguo calendar | 1751 before ROC 民前1751年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1307 |
Seleucid era | 472/473 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 703–704 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 287 or −94 or −866 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 288 or −93 or −865 |
Year 161 ( CLXI ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 914 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 161 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.
Antoninus Pius was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was one of the Five Good Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.
The 130s decade ran from January 1, 130, to December 31, 139.
The 140s decade ran from January 1, 140, to December 31, 149.
The 160s decade ran from January 1, 160, to December 31, 169.
Year 138 (CXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Camerinus. The denomination 138 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.
Year 140 (CXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Caesar. The denomination 140 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.
Lucius Aurelius Verus was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Verus' succession together with Marcus Aurelius marked the first time that the Roman Empire was ruled by multiple emperors, an increasingly common occurrence in the later history of the Empire.
Lucius Aelius Caesar was the father of Emperor Lucius Verus. In 136, he was adopted by Hadrian and named heir to the throne. He died before Hadrian and thus never became emperor. After Lucius' death, he was replaced by Antoninus Pius, who succeeded Hadrian the same year.
Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. She was held in high esteem by soldiers and her own husband as Augusta and mater Castrorum and was given divine honours after her death.
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later Emperor Commodus. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.
The gens Aurelia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which flourished from the third century BC to the latest period of the Empire. The first of the Aurelian gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Aurelius Cotta in 252 BC. From then to the end of the Republic, the Aurelii supplied many distinguished statesmen, before entering a period of relative obscurity under the early emperors. In the latter part of the first century, a family of the Aurelii rose to prominence, obtaining patrician status, and eventually the throne itself. A series of emperors belonged to this family, through birth or adoption, including Marcus Aurelius and the members of the Severan dynasty.
Antoninus is a Latin masculine given name that is an alternate form of Antonius. It an Ancient Roman family name which derived from Antonius the Latin form of Anthony.
Lucius Volusius Maecianus was a Roman jurist, who advised the Emperor Antoninus Pius on legal matters, as well educating his son the future Marcus Aurelius in the subject. Originally of the equestrian class, Maecianus held a series of imperial offices culminating with prefect of Egypt in 161, when Marcus Aurelius adlected him inter praetorios, or with the rank of praetor, into the Roman Senate. Maecianus was suffect consul in an undetermined nundinium around AD 166.
The Nerva–Antonine dynasty was a dynasty of seven Roman Emperors who ruled over the Roman Empire from AD 96 to 192. These Emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. The first of these before Commodus are commonly known as the "Five Good Emperors".
The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 was fought between the Roman and Parthian Empires over Armenia and Upper Mesopotamia. It concluded in 166 after the Romans made successful campaigns into lower Mesopotamia and Media and sacked Ctesiphon, a Parthian capital.
The reign of Marcus Aurelius began with his accession on 8 March 161 following the death of his adoptive father, Antoninus Pius, and ended with his own death on 17 March 180. Marcus first ruled jointly with his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus. They shared the throne until Lucius' death in 169. Marcus was succeeded by his son Commodus, who had been made co-emperor in 177.
Avidia Plautia was a well-connected noble Roman woman. She is among the lesser known members of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire.
Ceionia Fabia was a noble Roman woman and a member of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire.
Gaius Julius Sohaemus was a Roman client king of Armenia.