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Events 160s – The Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall Events The Antonine Wall in Britain is retaken by Roman legions. The first Buddhist monks arrive in China. The philosopher Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian. A Roman envoy arrives by sea in Rinan commandery, in southern China (central Vietnam). He travels to the Chinese capital Luoyang, and is greeted by Emperor Huan of the Han dynasty. The Germans devastate the Balkans and ransack the sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens. Northern African Moors invade what is now Spain. Art and Science In Rome, the manufacturing of soap containing grease, lime and ashes begins. Appian writes Ρωμαικα, known in English as the Roman History, in which he includes the history of each nation conquered up until the moment of its conquest.

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161 Marcus Aurelius becomes Emperor of Rome.

Although the senate planned to confirm Marcus alone, he refused to take office unless his designated co-heir Lucius Verus received equal powers, so the senate capitulated and named them both emperors. In spite of their nominal equality, Marcus had more authority than Lucius and was effectively the sole ruler of the Empire The man later generations looked back to as the ideal Roman emperor had a complicated path to the throne. Born in Rome in AD 121 as Marcus Annius Verus, he came of a family that combined a distinguished record of service to Rome with enormous wealth. His father […]

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