162

Year 162 (CLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus[1] and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 915 Ab urbe condita).[2]

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
162 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar162
CLXII
Ab urbe condita915
Assyrian calendar4912
Balinese saka calendar83–84
Bengali calendar−431
Berber calendar1112
Buddhist calendar706
Burmese calendar−476
Byzantine calendar5670–5671
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2858 or 2798
     to 
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2859 or 2799
Coptic calendar−122 – −121
Discordian calendar1328
Ethiopian calendar154–155
Hebrew calendar3922–3923
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat218–219
 - Shaka Samvat83–84
 - Kali Yuga3262–3263
Holocene calendar10162
Iranian calendar460 BP – 459 BP
Islamic calendar474 BH – 473 BH
Javanese calendar38–39
Julian calendar162
CLXII
Korean calendar2495
Minguo calendar1750 before ROC
民前1750年
Nanakshahi calendar−1306
Seleucid era473/474 AG
Thai solar calendar704–705
Tibetan calendar阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
288 or −93 or −865
     to 
阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
289 or −92 or −864

The denomination 162 AD for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Roman Empire

Art and Science

  • Arrian, Greek historian and writer, publishes Indica, a work on India and its people.

Births

Deaths

  • Marcus Annius Libo, the second child and first son to Roman consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina[5]

References

  1. "Who Is Junius Rusticus? An Introduction To The Philosopher King's Teacher". Daily Stoic. September 17, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  2. Dershowitz, Nachum (1990). "Calendrical Calculations". Software: Practice and Experience. 20 (9 September): 899–928 [903]. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.404.2348. doi:10.1002/spe.4380200905. S2CID 44801940.
  3. Tsouras, Peter (July 20, 2017). "Rome's Parthian War, A.D. 161-166". HistoryNet. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  4. Stephens, William O. (2012). Marcus Aurelius: a Guide for the Perplexed. New York: Continuum International Publications Group. ISBN 9781441108104.
  5. "Marcus Aurelius - Livius". www.livius.org. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2018.

Indica in Greek at the Perseus Digital Library, http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1

Indica in Greek with side-by-side English translation at the Loeb Classics Library, https://www.loebclassics.com/view/arrian-indica/1983/pb_LCL269.307.xml

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