165

Events

By Story

Roman Empire

A Roman military operation under Avidius Cassius is successful against Parthia, capturing Artaxata, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians sue for peace.
A pandemic known as the Antonine Plague breaks out in Rome after the Roman army returns from Parthia. The plague significantly depopulates the empire.
Legio II Italica is levied by Marcus Aurelius.
Dura-Europos is taken by the Romans.
The Romans establish a garrison at Doura Europos on the Euphrates, a control point for the commercial route to the Persian Gulf.
Avidius Cassius takes Nisibis and conquers the north of Mesopotamia.
Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts (iuridici) in Italy (5 if Rome is included).

By topic

Religion

The philosopher Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian.
Discourse to the Greek (Oratio ad Graecos), by the Syrian Tatian, is the first treatise on the evils of paganism in Christian literature.

Establishment

Mythological establishment of Great Bulgaria

Births

Macrinus, Roman emperor (approximate date)

Deaths

Justin Martyr, early apologist for Christianity
Claudius Ptolemaeus, Greek astronomer (approximate date)
Empress Deng Mengnu, wife of Emperor Huan of Han

Translation

The word "165" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Azeri, Banyumasan, Belarusian, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chuvash, Czech, Corsican, Welsh, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, Spanish, Esperanto, Basque, French, West Frisian, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Croatian, Ido, Indonesian, Italian, Hebrew, Javanese, Georgian, Kashubian, Swahili, Latin, Luxembourgish, Lombard, Hungarian, Macedonian, Malay, Nahuatl, Dutch, Neapolitan, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Occitan, Uzbek, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Sakha, Albanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Sranan, Serbian, Sundanese, Finnish, Swedish, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Venetian, Volapük, Waray-Waray.

Translation(s) in other languages: Alemannic: 160er#165, Amharic: 165 እ.ኤ.አ., Arabic: ملحق:165, Bengali: ১৬৫, Bihari: १६५, Persian: ۱۶۵ (میلادی), Gan: 165年, Korean: 165년, Bishnupriya Manipuri: মারি ১৬৫, Haitian: 165 (almanak jilyen), Lithuanian: 165 m., Marathi: इ.स. १६५, Newar / Nepal Bhasa: १६५, Japanese: 165年, Oriya: ୧୬୫, Pali: १६५, Ripuarian: Joohr 165, Russian: 165 год, Sanskrit: १६५, Thai: พ.ศ. 708, Chinese: 165年.