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168 CE

Emperor Ling of Han succeeds Emperor Huan of Han as the emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty; the first year of the Jianning era. The Roman army crosses the Alps into Pannonia, and subdues the Marcomanni at Carnuntum, north of the Danube. Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his adopted brother Lucius Verus leave Rome, and establish their headquarters at Aquileia.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Emperor Ling of Han succeeds Emperor Huan of Han as the emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty; the first year of the Jianning era.source

Conflict & Security

  • The Roman army crosses the Alps into Pannonia, and subdues the Marcomanni at Carnuntum, north of the Danube.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his adopted brother Lucius Verus leave Rome, and establish their headquarters at Aquileia.source

Births

  • Li Tong, Chinese general (d. 209)source
  • Gu Yong, Chinese chancellor (d. 243)source
  • Cao Ren, Chinese general (d. 223)source

Deaths

  • Dou Wu, Chinese politician and regentsource
  • Chen Fan, Chinese official and politiciansource
  • Daniel of Padua, Italian bishop and saintsource
  • Titus Flavius Boethus, Roman politiciansource
  • Huan of Han, Chinese emperor (b. 132)source
  • Anicetus, pope of Rome (approximate date)source
  • Titus Furius Victorinus, Roman prefectsource