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Year '''176''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CLXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Aper''' (or, less frequently, '''year 929 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 176 for this year has been used since the early [[Middle Ages|medieval period]], when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in [[Europe]] for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[November 27]] &ndash; Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] grants his son [[Commodus]] the rank of ''[[Imperator]]'', and makes him Supreme Commander of the [[Roman legion]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=McLynn|first=Frank|title=Marcus Aurelius: warrior, philosopher, emperor|year=2009|publisher=Bodley Head|page=400|isbn=9780224072922|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQ8MAQAAMAAJ&q=On+27+November+176}}</ref>
* [[December 23]] – Marcus Aurelius and Commodus enter [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] after a campaign north of the [[Alps]], and receive a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for their victories over the [[Germanic tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Long|first1=George|last2=Flint|first2=W. Russell|title=The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus|year=2005|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|isbn=978-1-4179-6410-9|page=xvii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlxIKJBbhqcC&q=marcus+aurelius+returns+to+rome+176&pg=PR17}}</ref>
* The [[Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius]] is made. It is now kept at [[Capitoline Museums|Museo Capitolini]] in [[Rome]] (approximate date).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=Alan K.|last2=Garnsey|first2=Peter|last3=Rathbone|first3=Dominic|title=The Cambridge ancient history: The High Empire, A.D. 70–192|year=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26335-1|page=981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhNUGgG2eacC&q=Equestrian+Statue+of+Marcus+Aurelius+176&pg=PA981|edition=2nd}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Fa Zheng]], Chinese [[Nobility|nobleman]] and adviser (d. [[220]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Lühmann|first=Werner|title=Konfuzius: aufgeklärter Philosoph oder reaktionärer Moralapostel? : der Bruch in der Konfuzius-Rezeption der deutschen Philosophie des ausgehenden 18. und beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts|year=2003|publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-447-04753-1|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSMtAQAAIAAJ&q=fa+zheng}}</ref>
* [[Liu Bian]], Chinese emperor of the [[Han dynasty]] (d. [[190]])
* [[Ma Chao]], Chinese general and warlord (d. [[222]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Faustina the Younger]], Roman empress (b. [[AD 130]])
* [[Marcus Macrinius Avitus Catonius Vindex]], Roman politician

== References ==
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