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Contents

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

★ February 25 — Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius on condition that Antoninus would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus.

★ On Hadrian's death, the Senate, which had been stripped of power during his reign refuses to deify him. Some speak of declaring him a tyrant cancelling his acts.

★ July 10 — Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Roman emperor

★ Start of construction of the Theater of Philadelphia (Amman).

Asia

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Births

★ Han Zhidi, emperor of the Han Dynasty

Deaths

★ July 10 — Hadrian, Roman emperor, died at Baiae

★ Zenobius — Greek sophist who taught rhetoric at Rome