* Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor. The Era of the Five Good Emperors ends. * Rome creates a 4 mile wide buffer zone on the Danubian side of the Danube...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Rome, April 26, 121 – Vindobona or Sirmium, March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important stoic philosophers...

...121) * Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian (approximate date) * Gaius, Roman jurist (approximate date) * Lucian (approximate date) * Maximilla, Montanist heresiarchess * Melito of Sardis, bishop of Sardis * St. Miggin (martyred in Numidia) * St. Namphamo and consorts (martyred) * St...

Saint Melito of Sardis (died c.180) was the bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in Asia Minor, and a great authority: Jerome, speaking of the Old Testament canon established by Melito, quotes Tertullian to the effect that he was esteemed a prophet by many of the faithful...

* July 17 — Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in Numidia are executed in Carthage (also in North Africa) for being Christians (known as the Scillitan Martyrs) — they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor. * Commodus creates an official cult of the Zoroastrian god Mithra.

The Scillitan Martyrs were a company of twelve North African Christians who were executed for their beliefs on July 17, 180. The martyrs take their name from Scilla (or Scillium), a town in Numidia. The Acta of the Scillitan Martyrs are considered to be the earliest documents of the Church of Africa and also the earliest specimen of Christian Latin...

* In his Methodus Medendo, Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord. * Galen's popular work on hygiene is published.

* Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor. The Era of the Five Good Emperors ends. * Rome creates a 4 mile wide buffer zone on the Danubian side of the Danube...

Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (August 31, 161 – December 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192. The name given here was his official name at his accession; see 'Changes of Name' for earlier and later forms...

...121) * Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian (approximate date) * Gaius, Roman jurist (approximate date) * Lucian (approximate date) * Maximilla, Montanist heresiarchess * Melito of Sardis, bishop of Sardis * St...

Lucian of Samosata (, ; c. A.D. 125 – after A.D. 180) was an Assyrian rhetorician, and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature...

Gaius (floruit AD 130–180) was a celebrated Roman jurist. Scholars know very little of his personal life. It is impossible to discover even his full name, Gaius or Caius being merely his personal name (praenomen)...