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Events

By location

Roman Empire

* Commodus and Marcus Aurelius travel to the Danube to engage the Marcomanni.

Asia

* Last (7th) year of "Xiping" era and start of "Guanghe" era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
* In India, the decline of the Kushan Empire begins. The Sassanides take over Central Asia.

By topic

Religion

* The Montanist heresy is condemned for the first time.

Births

* Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, later Roman Emperor (approximate date)
* Lu Meng, general of Wu (d. 219)
* Pang Tong, adviser of Liu Bei (d. 214)
* Wen Pin, officer of Liu Biao (later defected to Cao Cao)
* Zhang Cheng, general of Wu (d. 244)

Deaths

* S. Caecilia, martyr in Rome
* Empress Song