Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.
Conflict & Security
Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.source
Births
July 5 – Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (d. 252)source
Zhu Ran, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 249)source
Deaths
Ummidia Cornificia Faustina, Roman noblewoman (b. 141)source
Saoterus, Bithynian Greek freedman and chamberlainsource
Marcus Ummidius Quadratus, Roman politician (b. 138)source
Lucilla, Roman empress and daughter of Marcus Aureliussource