160 Explained

Year 160 (CLX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Atilius and Vibius (or, less frequently, year 913 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 160 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

By place

Roman Empire

• The Antonine Wall in Britain is retaken by Roman legions.

By topic

Art and Science

• In Rome, the manufacturing of soap containing grease, lime and ashes begins.
• Appian writes Ρωμαικα, known in English as the Roman History, in which he includes the history of each nation conquered up until the moment of its conquest.

Religion

• The first Buddhist monks arrive in China.

Births

• Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor, daughter of Marcus Aurelius (d. 212)
• Felician of Foligno, Roman bishop and martyr (d. 250)
• Julia Domna,^[1] Roman empress consort (d. 217)
• Marius Maximus, Roman biographer (d. 230)
• Quintus Tineius Sacerdos, Roman politician
• Sextus Empiricus, Greek philosopher (d. 210)

Deaths

• Marcion of Sinope, founder of Marcionism (approximate date)
• Suetonius, Roman historian and writer (approximate date)

Notes and References

1. Book: Burns, Jasper . Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars . . 2006 . 9781134131853 . 181.