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This article is about the year 167. For the number, see [167 (number)](/source/167_(number)). For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see [167 BC](/source/167_BC). For the New Jersey bus, see [167 (New Jersey bus)](/source/167_(New_Jersey_bus)).  For other uses, see [167 (disambiguation)](/source/167_(disambiguation)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 1st century 2nd century 3rd century Decades 140s 150s 160s 170s 180s Years 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 v t e

167 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Categories Deaths v t e

167 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 167 CLXVII Ab urbe condita 920 Assyrian calendar 4917 Balinese saka calendar 88–89 Bengali calendar −427 – −426 Berber calendar 1117 Buddhist calendar 711 Burmese calendar −471 Byzantine calendar 5675–5676 Chinese calendar 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2864 or 2657 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2865 or 2658 Coptic calendar −117 – −116 Discordian calendar 1333 Ethiopian calendar 159–160 Hebrew calendar 3927–3928 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 223–224 - Shaka Samvat 88–89 - Kali Yuga 3267–3268 Holocene calendar 10167 Iranian calendar 455 BP – 454 BP Islamic calendar 469 BH – 468 BH Javanese calendar 43–44 Julian calendar 167 CLXVII Korean calendar 2500 Minguo calendar 1745 before ROC 民前1745年 Nanakshahi calendar −1301 Seleucid era 478/479 AG Thai solar calendar 709–710 Tibetan calendar མེ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Horse) 293 or −88 or −860 — to — མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Sheep) 294 or −87 or −859

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Year **167** (**[CLXVII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Wednesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Wednesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus** (or, less frequently, **year 920 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 167 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

Legio V Macedonica marked brick from [Potaissa](/source/Potaissa) (modern [Turda](/source/Turda), [Romania](/source/Romania))

#### Roman Empire

- [Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus](/source/Lucius_Verus) and [Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus](/source/Marcus_Ummidius_Quadratus_Annianus) become [Roman Consuls](/source/Roman_Consul).

- The [Marcomanni](/source/Marcomanni) tribe wages war against the [Romans](/source/Roman_Empire) at [Aquileia](/source/Aquileia).[1] They destroy [aqueducts](/source/Aqueduct_(bridge)) and [irrigation](/source/Irrigation) conduits. [Marcus Aurelius](/source/Marcus_Aurelius) repels the invaders, ending the [Pax Romana](/source/Pax_Romana) (Roman Peace) that has kept the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) free of conflict since the days of Emperor [Augustus](/source/Augustus).

- The [Vandals](/source/Vandals) ([Astingi](/source/Hasdingi) and [Lacringi](/source/Lacringi)) and the [Sarmatian](/source/Sarmatians) [Iazyges](/source/Iazyges) invade [Dacia](/source/Dacia_(Roman_province)). To counter them, [Legio V *Macedonica*](/source/Legio_V_Macedonica), returning from the [Parthian War](/source/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_War_of_161%E2%80%9366), moves its headquarters from [Troesmis](/source/Troesmis) in [Moesia Inferior](/source/Moesia_Inferior) to [Potaissa](/source/Potaissa) in [Dacia Porolissensis](/source/Dacia_Porolissensis).

- The [Germans](/source/Germans) devastate the [Balkans](/source/Balkans) and ransack the sanctuary of [Eleusis](/source/Eleusis), near [Athens](/source/Athens).

#### Asia

- Change of era name from *Yanxi* to *Yongkang* of the Chinese [Han dynasty](/source/Han_dynasty).

- King [Chogo of Baekje](/source/Chogo_of_Baekje) wages war against [Silla](/source/Silla) in the [Korean peninsula](/source/Korean_peninsula).

## Births

- [Zhang Yi](/source/Zhang_Yi_(Junsi)) (or **Junsi**), Chinese official (d. [230](/source/230))

## Deaths

- [Abercius](/source/Abercius_of_Hieropolis), bishop of [Hieropolis](/source/Hierapolis) (approximate date)

- [Anicetus](/source/Pope_Anicetus), pope of [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome) (approximate date)

- [Wang Fu](/source/Wang_Fu_(Han_dynasty)), Chinese philosopher (b. [AD 82](/source/AD_82))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bunson, Matthew](/source/Encyclopedia_of_the_Roman_Empire) (2002). [*Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=T5tic2VunRoC). Facts on File library of world history. [New York](/source/New_York_City): [Facts On File](/source/Facts_On_File). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8160-4562-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8160-4562-4).

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