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Roman Empire
The Roman town Forum Hadriani (Voorburg) receives the title of Municipium Aelium Cananefatium, "the town of the Cananefates" (modern Netherlands). The town is awarded with rights to organize markets.
The Germans of the east move south, into the Carpathians and Black Sea area.
The Albani appear in the Roman province of Macedon.
Asia
First and only year of Heping of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Americas
The Middle Culture period of Mayan civilization ends (approximate date).
The Great Pyramid of the Sun is constructed in Teotihuacan. It is the tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.
Religion
Marcion of Sinope produces his bible canon, consisting of purged versions of the Gospel of Luke and ten Pauline letters (approximate date).
Arts and sciences
The earliest atlas (Ptolemy's Geography) is made (approximate date).
This is also the approximate date of completion of Ptolemy's monumental work Almagest. The geocentric cosmology contained in it holds sway for 1,400 years.
Antoninus Liberalis writes a work on mythology (Μεταμορφωσεων Συναγωγη) (approximate date).
Paper, made in China, arrives in Transoxiana.
Asia
Mytilene and Smyrna are destroyed by an earthquake.
First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Art
Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong, is made. Han dynasty.
Roman Empire
Minor uprisings occur in Mauritania against Roman rule.
Regular Roman Army campaigns end in Mauritania.
Asia
The Chinese domination of the Tarim Basin weakens.
Roman Empire
Minor uprisings occur in Egypt against Roman rule.
Asia
Change of era name from Yuanjia (3rd year) to Yongxing of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Roman Empire
The king of Bosphorus, Eupator, pays tribute to Rome due to the threat posed by the Alani.
The Antonine Wall is completed.
Asia
Last (2nd) year of Yongxing era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Religion
Anicetus becomes pope (approximate date).
Anicetus meets with Polycarp of Smyrna to discuss the Computus, the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Euzois to Patriarch Laurence.
Roman Empire
Emperor Antoninus Pius starts a new war against the Parthians who are led by Vologases IV. The war is brief and results in an inconclusive peace.
Rome states that while it will not be recognized as an official religion, Judaism must be tolerated.
To restore peace between the Jews and Romans, Antoninus relegalizes circumcision.
The Romans begin to abandon Hadrian's Wall.
Asia
First year of Yongshou era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Religion
Pope Anicetus succeeds Pope Pius I as the eleventh pope.
The Christian bishops are in disagreement regarding the date of Easter.
Religion
The heresiarch Montanus first appears in Ardaban (Mysia).
Roman Empire
A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia.
America
La Mojarra Stela 1 in Mesoamerica is produced.
Roman Empire
The earliest dated use of Sol invictus, in a dedication from Rome.
A revolt against Roman rule in Dacia is crushed.
Asia
Change of era name from Yongshou to Yangxi of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Roman Empire
The Antonine Wall is briefly abandoned due to pressure from the Picts.
Asia
In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni as King Satavahana of Andhra begins.
Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138–161)
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus, better known as Gordian I. Born c. 159, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
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