Editing AD 144

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Year '''144''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CXLIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Maximus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 897 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 144 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus (consul 144)|Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus]] and [[Titus Statilius Maximus]] become [[Roman Consul]]s.
* The Roman campaigns in [[Mauretania]] begin.

==== Asia ====
* Change of era name from ''Hanan'' (3rd year) to [[Jiankang]] era of the Chinese [[Han dynasty]].
* Change of emperor from [[Han Shundi]] to [[Han Chongdi]] of the Han dynasty.
* Reign of [[Huvishka]], emperor of the [[Kushan Empire]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Change of [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] from [[Polycarpus II of Byzantium|Polycarpus II]] to [[Athenodorus of Byzantium|Athendodorus]] (until [[AD 148|148]]).
* [[Marcion of Sinope]] is [[excommunication|excommunicated]]; a sect, [[Marcionism]], grows out of his beliefs.
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== Births ==
* [[Kahiko|Kahiko-Lue-Mea]], Hawaiian ruler <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Kekoolani%20Genealogy%20Database%20(PAF)/pafg03.htm#20 |title=Kahiko |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018062547/http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Kekoolani%20Genealogy%20Database%20(PAF)/pafg03.htm#20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shun of Han|Han Shundi]], Chinese emperor (b. [[AD 115|115]])
* [[Polemon of Laodicea]], Greek [[sophist]] (b. c. [[AD 90]])

== References ==
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