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Events
By Place
Roman Empire
* A systematic persecution of Christians begins in
Rome underMarcus Aurelius . Many Christians worship secretly.
* Marcus Aurelius' son,Commodus , becomesImperator then Augustus as a coequal of his father.
* Churches in southernGaul are destroyed after a crowd accuses the local Christians of practicing cannibalism and incest.
* Forty-seven Christians are martyred inLyon (Saint Blandina andPothinus ,bishop of Lyon , among them).
* Marcus Aurelius and Commodus war a second time against theQuadi and theMarcomanni .Asia
* Chinese troops suffer a crushing defeat against a confederacy of Central Asian tribes led by the
Xianbei (seeWu Hu ).Births
*
Cai Wenji , Chinese female poet and musical composer
*Pan Zhang , Chinese general of Wu (d.234 )
* Sun Yu (d.215 )
*Wang Can , Chinese politician, scholar and poet (d.217 )
*Xu Sheng , general of Wu (d.228 )
*Yuan Shang , youngest son of Chinese warlordYuan Shao (d.207 )Deaths
* S.
Polycarpus , S.Blandina and other martyrs inLyon
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