161

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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
161 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar161
CLXI
Ab urbe condita914
Assyrian calendar4911
Balinese saka calendar82–83
Bengali calendar−432
Berber calendar1111
Buddhist calendar705
Burmese calendar−477
Byzantine calendar5669–5670
Chinese calendar庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2858 or 2651
    — to —
辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2859 or 2652
Coptic calendar−123 – −122
Discordian calendar1327
Ethiopian calendar153–154
Hebrew calendar3921–3922
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat217–218
 - Shaka Samvat82–83
 - Kali Yuga3261–3262
Holocene calendar10161
Iranian calendar461 BP – 460 BP
Islamic calendar475 BH – 474 BH
Javanese calendar37–38
Julian calendar161
CLXI
Korean calendar2494
Minguo calendar1751 before ROC
民前1751年
Nanakshahi calendar−1307
Seleucid era472/473 AG
Thai solar calendar703–704
Tibetan calendar阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
287 or −94 or −866
    — to —
阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
288 or −93 or −865

Year 161 (CLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 914 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 161 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[edit]

By place[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

  • March 7 – Emperor Antoninus Pius dies, and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelius, who shares imperial power with Lucius Verus, although Marcus retains the title Pontifex Maximus.
  • Marcus Aurelius, a Spaniard like Trajan and Hadrian, is a stoical disciple of Epictetus, and an energetic man of action. He pursues the policy of his predecessor and maintains good relations with the Senate. As a legislator, he endeavors to create new principles of morality and humanity, particularly favoring women and slaves.
  • Aurelius reduces the weight of a goldpiece, the aureus, from 7.81 grams to 7.12 grams.
  • Autumn – The Parthians invade Armenia, and install their own candidate on the throne. A legion (perhaps Legio IX Hispana) is destroyed at Elegeia.

By topic[edit]

Art and Science[edit]

  • Gaius' Institutiones are published.

Commerce[edit]

  • The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 68 percent under Emperor Marcus Aurelius, down from 75 percent under Antoninus Pius.

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Antoninus Pius | Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 December 2020.