6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
In winter, Xianling and Xinji Qiang raided Bing and Liang prefectures. Captain Duan Jiong led the Huangzhong Yizong to suppress them, but Liangzhou Governor Guo Hong, jealous of his merit, blocked his troops; the Yizong scattered and Duan Jiong was thrown in prison. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷054 (원문 단락 #4466, 161년))
Antoninus Pius dies at his villa at Lorium, 12 miles from Rome, and is deified. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 8.8)
Antoninus dies at age 70; he is said to have eaten Alpine cheese, vomited at night and fallen into a fever the next day (Historia Augusta Ant. P. 12.4)
Taking power under pressure from the Senate, Marcus makes his brother Lucius Verus Caesar and Augustus, his co-emperor (Historia Augusta Marc. 7.5)
After the defeat of Attidius Cornelianus, Vologases declares the Parthian War, and war also threatens in Britain, Germany and Raetia (Historia Augusta Marc. 8.6, 8.7)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.
◆ Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) ends
◆ Parthian Empire takes 218,500 km² of former Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) land
◆ Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) loses 218,500 km² to Parthian Empire