Events

• Simon bar Kokhba and Rabbi Eleazar start a war of liberation against the Romans, which is crushed by emperor Hadrian. Rabbi Akiva is also supportive of the rebellion at first, but withdraws his support over differences with bar Kokhba.
• The Olympeion in Athens is completed
• Chinese scientist Zhang Heng invented the first seismoscope for measuring earthquakes
• Change of era name from Yongjian (7th year) to Yangjia of the Chinese Han Dynasty

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