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Events
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China
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Confucian scholars who had denounced the courteunuch s are arrested, killed or banished from the capital ofLuoyang and official life during the second episode of theDisasters of Partisan Prohibitions , which did not formally end until184 with the onslaught of theYellow Turban Rebellion .Roman Empire
* Second
Marcomanni War: Germanic tribes invade the frontiers of the Roman Empire, specifically the provinces ofRaetia andMoesia .
* Northern AfricanMoors invade what is nowSpain .
*Marcus Aurelius becomes sole Roman Emperor upon the death ofLucius Verus .
*Galen moves back to Rome for good.By Topic
Religion
* Pertinax succeeds Alypius as
Patriarch of Constantinople .
*Theophilus of Antioch becomesPatriarch of Antioch .Arts and Sciences
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Lucian demonstrates the absurdity of fatalism.Fictional events
* An
MMORPG called "Runescape " is set on this year.Births
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Cao Hong , cousin ofCao Cao (d.233 )
*Diaochan , responsible forLu Bu 's revolt againstDong Zhuo , possibly a fictional person
*Mi Fang
*Xu Huang , considered one of the top generals of theKingdom of Wei (d.227 )
*Zhang Liao , considered the top generals of theKingdom of Wei due to his accomplishments (d.222 )Deaths
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Lucius Verus — Roman Co-emperor, inAltinum
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