162

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 162 (CLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 915 Ab urbe condita).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The denomination 162 AD for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

By topic

Art and Science

• Arrian, Greek historian and writer, publishes Indica, a work on India and its people.

Births

• Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, one of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius's thirteen children (d. 169)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Deaths

• Marcus Annius Libo, the second child and first son to Roman consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

Template:ReflistIndica in Greek at the Perseus Digital Library, http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1

Indica in Greek with side-by-side English translation at the Loeb Classics Library, https://www.loebclassics.com/view/arrian-indica/1983/pb_LCL269.307.xml