166

Years: 162 163 164 165 - 166 - 167 168 169 170
Decades: 130s 140s 150s - 160s - 170s 180s 190s
Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Events

Pope Soter succeeds Pope Anicetus
Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Laurence to Patriarch Alypius
Dacia invaded by barbarians
Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni
Roman envoy sent out by emperor Antoninus Pius. Arriving by sea in southern China, he travels to the Chinese capital Luoyang and is greeted by Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty. See: [1] An annotated translation of the Hou Hanshu.
King Chogo of Baekje succeeded the throne of Baekje in Korean peninsula.
An ambassador of the Roman Emperor, Antoninus Pius, reaches the court of Chinese Emperor Huan.