Years: 165 166 167 168 - 169 - 170 171 172 173

Decades: 130s 140s 150s - 160s - 170s 180s 190s

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century 169 (number)

Events

• Second Marcomannian War begins. Germanic tribes invade frontiers of the Roman Empire, specifically the provinces of Raetia and Moesia.
• Northern African Moors invade what is now Spain.
• Marcus Aurelius becomes sole Roman Emperor.
• Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Alypius to Patriarch Pertinax .
• Theophilus becomes Patriarch of Antioch.

Births

Deaths

• Lucius Verus - Roman Co-emperor