What is 175?
{{Year nav|175}} {{Year in other calendars}} __NOTOC__ Year '''175''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CLXXV]]''') was a common year starting on Saturday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * [[Marcus Aurelius]] stops a revolt of [[Avidius Cassius]], governor of [[Syria]]. * Avidius Cassius is [[assassination|assassinated]] by Roman officers. * [[Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus|Commodus]] is named [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]. ==== Asia ==== * [[Confucian]] scholars try to stay in the royal court of [[China]]. They are massacred by the [[Eunuch (court official)|eunuchs]]. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Pope Eleuterus]] succeeds [[Pope Soter]] as the thirteenth [[pope]] (approximate date). == Births == * [[Cao Ang]], eldest son of [[Cao Cao]] (d. [[197]]) * [[Gan Ning]], general of [[Eastern Wu|Wu]] (d. [[218]]) * [[Sun Ce]], elder brother of founder of the [[Wu Kingdom]], [[Sun Quan]] (d. [[200]]) * [[Wei Yan]], general of [[Shu Han|Shu]] (d. [[234]]) * [[Yang Xiu (Three Kingdoms)|Yang Xiu]] (d. [[219]]) * [[Zhou Yu]], militarist and strategist of the [[Three Kingdoms]] of [[China]] (d. [[210]]) * [[Ma Chao]], son of [[Ma Teng]], cousin of [[Ma Dai]], brother of [[Ma Tie]] and [[Ma Xie]], general and Tiger general of Shu for [[Liu Bei]]. (d. [[222]]) == Deaths == * July &ndash; [[Avidius Cassius]], [[Roman Emperor]] (usurper) * [[Concordius of Spoleto|Concordius]] of [[Spoleto]], [[Christian]] [[martyr]] * [[Faustina the Younger]], Roman empress {{DEFAULTSORT:175}} [[Category:175| ]]