166 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Pope Soter succeeds Pope Anicetus
• Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Laurence to Patriarch Alypius
• Dacia invaded by barbarians
• Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni
• Roman envoy sent out by emperor Antoninus Pius. Arriving by sea in southern China, he travels to the Chinese capital Luoyang and is greeted by Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty. See: [1] (http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han_shu.html) An annotated translation of the Hou Hanshu.
• King Chogo of Baekje succeeded the throne of Baekje in Korean peninsula.
• An ambassador of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius reaches the court of Chinese Emperor Huan.

Births

Deaths

• King Gaeru of Baekje