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{{Year nav|165}} {{Year in other calendars}} __NOTOC__ Year '''165''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CLXV]]''') was a common year starting on Monday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== *[[Avidius Cassius]] is successful against [[Parthia]]. They take [[Artaxata]], [[Seleucia on the Tigris]], and [[Ctesiphon]]. The Parthians ask for peace. * A [[pandemic]] known as the [[Antonine Plague]] breaks out in Rome. * [[Dura-Europos]] is taken by the Romans. * The Romans make a [[garrison]] at Doura Europos on the [[Euphrates]]. * Avidius Cassius takes [[Nisibis]]. He conquers the north of [[Mesopotamia]]. * [[Marcus Aurelius]] creates four legal districts in Italy. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * The philosopher [[Justin Martyr|Justin]] of Nablus is executed in Rome as a [[Christian]]. * Discourse to the Greek (''Oratio ad Graecos''), by the [[Demographics of Syria|Syrian]] [[Tatian]], is the first treatise on the evils of paganism in Christian literature. == Births == * [[Macrinus]], [[Roman emperor]] (approximate date) == Deaths == * [[Justin Martyr]], early apologist for [[Christianity]] * [[Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaeus]], Greek astronomer (approximate date) * [[Empress Deng Mengnü|Empress Deng Mengnu]], wife of [[Emperor Huan of Han]] * [[Elpinice (daughter of Herodes Atticus)]] {{DEFAULTSORT:165}} [[Category:165| ]]