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162 CE

Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia. Arrian, Greek historian and writer, publishes Indica, a work on India and its people.

Conflict & Security

  • Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia.source

Science & Discovery

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

Births

  • Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, one of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius's thirteen children (d. 169)source

Deaths

  • Marcus Annius Libo, the second child and first son to Roman consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustinasource