165

This article is about the year 165. For the number, see 165 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	130s  140s  150s  – 160s –  170s  180s  190s
Years:	162 163 164 – 165 – 166 167 168

165 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

165 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	165 CLXV
Ab urbe condita	918
Assyrian calendar	4915
Bengali calendar	−428
Berber calendar	1115
Buddhist calendar	709
Burmese calendar	−473
Byzantine calendar	5673–5674
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2861 or 2801     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2862 or 2802
Coptic calendar	−119 – −118
Discordian calendar	1331
Ethiopian calendar	157–158
Hebrew calendar	3925–3926
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	221–222
- Shaka Samvat	87–88
- Kali Yuga	3266–3267
Holocene calendar	10165
Iranian calendar	457 BP – 456 BP
Islamic calendar	471 BH – 470 BH
Julian calendar	165 CLXV
Korean calendar	2498
Minguo calendar	1747 before ROC 民前1747年
Seleucid era	476/477 AG
Thai solar calendar	707–708

Year 165 (CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Orfitus and Pudens (or, less frequently, year 918 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 165 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

By place

Roman Empire

• A Roman military operation under Avidius Cassius is successful against Parthia, capturing Artaxata, Seleucia on the Tigris, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians sue for peace.
• A pandemic known as the Antonine Plague breaks out in Rome after the Roman army returns from Parthia. The plague significantly depopulates the Roman Empire.
• Legio II Italica is levied by emperor Marcus Aurelius.
• Dura-Europos is taken by the Romans.
• The Romans establish a garrison at Doura Europos on the Euphrates, a control point for the commercial route to the Persian Gulf.
• Avidius Cassius takes Nisibis and conquers the north of Mesopotamia.
• Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts (iuridici) in Italy (5 if Rome is included).

By topic

Religion

• The philosopher Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian.
• Discourse to the Greek (Oratio ad Graecos), by the Syrian Tatian, is the first treatise on the evils of paganism in Christian literature.

Births

• Macrinus, Roman emperor (approximate date) (d. 218)

Deaths

• Justin Martyr, early apologist for Christianity (b. 100)
• Claudius Ptolemaeus, Greek astronomer (approximate date) (b. c. 90)
• Empress Deng Mengnu, wife of Emperor Huan of Han
• Elpinice (daughter of Herodes Atticus) (b. 142)
• Ma Ping, general of Han Dynasty, father of Ma Teng, grandfather of Ma Chao (b. 126)