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== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* The [[Quadi]] are chased westwards, deeper into [[Germania]]. The [[Praetorian prefect]], Tarutenius Paternus, achieves a decisive victory against the [[Germanic tribes]].
* [[March 17]] &ndash; Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] dies after a week's illness at his camp in [[Vindobona]] (modern [[Vienna]]). He is succeeded by his son [[Commodus]] (age 18). 
* The Era of the [[Five Good Emperors]] ends.
* [[Rome]] creates a 4-mile wide buffer zone by the [[Danube]].
* Work begins in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] on the building of the [[Column of Marcus Aurelius]].
* 180&ndash;[[395]] &ndash; [[Roman Empire#Transition from classical to late antiquity|Late Empire]] in Rome.
* Northern British from beyond [[Hadrian's Wall]] invade the North of modern-day England, causing Emperor [[Commodus]] to allow swathes of Northern cities to establish city walls.
* [[Cassius Dio]] arrives in Rome and becomes a Senator<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dio-Cassius | access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Cassius Dio | date=January 1, 2024 | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* The [[Goths]] reach the banks of the [[Black Sea]].

==== Oceania ====
* [[Lake Taupō]] in [[New Zealand]] erupts, forming ash clouds as far as China and [[Europe]].

=== By topic ===
==== Arts and sciences ====
* In his ''Methodus Medendo'', Greek physician [[Galen]] describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord.
* Galen's popular work on [[hygiene]] is published.

==== Religion ====
* [[July 17]] &ndash; Twelve Christian inhabitants of [[Scillium]] in [[Numidia]] are executed in [[Carthage]] (also in [[North Africa]]) (known as the [[Scillitan Martyrs]]) &ndash; they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor.
* Commodus creates an official cult of the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] god [[Mithra]].