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180

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This article is about the year 180. For other uses, see 180 (number).
Centuries: 1st century · 2nd century · 3rd century
Decades: 150s 160s 170s 180s 190s 200s 210s
Years: 177 178 179 180 181 182 183
180 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
180 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 180
CLXXX
Ab urbe condita 933
Armenian calendar N/A
Chinese calendar 2876 – 2877
己未 – 庚申
Ethiopian calendar 172 – 173
Hebrew calendar 3940 – 3941
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 235 – 236
- Shaka Samvat 102 – 103
- Kali Yuga 3281 – 3282
Iranian calendar 442 BP – 441 BP
Islamic calendar 456 BH – 455 BH

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

  • Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor.
  • Rome creates a 4 mile wide buffer zone on the Danubian side of the Danube.
  • Work begins in Rome on the building of a column to commemorate wars conducted by Marcus Aurelius on the Danubian border.

Europe

  • The Goths reach the banks of the Black Sea.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

  • In his Methodus Medendo, Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord.
  • Publication of Galen's popular work on hygiene.

Religion

  • July 17 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in Numidia are executed in Carthage (also in North Africa) for being Christians (known as the Scillitan Martyrs) -- they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor.
  • Commodus creates an official cult of the Zoroastrian god Mithra.

Births

Deaths

  • March 17 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (b. 121)
  • 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)
  • St. Symphorian (martyred)

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