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Year '''162''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-17|title=Who Is Junius Rusticus? An Introduction To The Philosopher King's Teacher|url=https://dailystoic.com/junius-rusticus/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Daily Stoic|language=en-US}}</ref> '''and Plautius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 915 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''').<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dershowitz|first=Nachum|title=Calendrical Calculations|journal=Software: Practice and Experience|year=1990|volume=20 |issue=9 September|pages=899–928 [903]|doi=10.1002/spe.4380200905|citeseerx=10.1.1.404.2348|s2cid=44801940}}</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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Lucius Verus]] begins a war with the [[Parthia]]ns, due to the invasion of [[Syria]] and [[Armenia]] by King [[Vologases IV of Parthia]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tsouras|first=Peter|date=2017-07-20|title=Rome's Parthian War, A.D. 161-166|url=https://www.historynet.com/romes-parthian-war-d-161-166.htm|access-date=2021-08-06|website=HistoryNet|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Art and Science ====
* [[Arrian]], Greek historian and writer, publishes [[Indica (Arrian)|Indica]], a work on [[India]] and its people.
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== Births ==
* [[Marcus Annius Verus Caesar]], one of Roman emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]]'s thirteen children (d. [[169]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stephens|first1=William O.|title=Marcus Aurelius: a Guide for the Perplexed|date=2012|publisher=Continuum International Publications Group|location=New York|isbn=9781441108104}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Marcus Annius Libo]], the second child and first son to Roman consul [[Marcus Annius Verus (grandfather of Marcus Aurelius)|Marcus Annius Verus]] and [[Rupilia Faustina]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcus Aurelius - Livius |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106143354/http://www.livius.org/di-dn/divi_fratres/marcus.html |archive-date=2013-11-06 |url=https://www.livius.org/di-dn/divi_fratres/marcus.html |website=www.livius.org |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}Indica 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

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