180 - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 180.

Events

• Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor.
• In his Methodus Medendo Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and severance of the spinal cord.
• The oldest Iron Age artifacts from Zimbabwe date from this time.

Deaths

• March 17 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor.
• July 17 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa, executed in Carthage for being Christians (known as the Scillitan Martyrs).
• Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian (approximate date)
• Gaius, Roman jurist (approximate date)
• Lucian (approximate date)
• Maximilla, Montanist heresiarchess
• Melito of Sardis, bishop of Sardis
• St. Miggin (martyred in Numidia)
• St. Namphamo and consorts (martyred in Madaura)
• St. Symphorian (martyred in Autun)