181 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Antonine Wall is overrun.
• Roman cavalry general Lucius Artorius Castus is assigned to Britannia - possible source for the Arthurian legends
• The volcano associated with Lake Taupo in New Zealand erupts, the largest eruption on Earth in the last 5000 years. The effects of this eruption were seen as far away as Rome and China.

Births

• Emperor Xian of Han China

Deaths

• Tan Shi Huai, leader of the Xianbei tribes (see Wu Hu)