Year 181 (Roman numerals, CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Burrus (or, less frequently, year 934 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 181 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

* Imperator Commodus, Lucius Aurelius Commodus and Lucius Antistius Burrus become Roman Consuls. * The Antonine Wall is overrun by the Picts in Britannia (Roman province), Britannia (approximate date).

Oceania

* The Taupō Volcano, volcano associated with Lake Taupō in New Zealand Hatepe eruption, erupts, one of the largest on Earth in the last 5,000 years. The effects of this eruption are seen as far away as Ancient Rome, Rome and China.

Births

* April 2 – Emperor Xian of Han, Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (d. 234) * Zhuge Liang, Chinese chancellor and regent (d. 234)

Deaths

* Aelius Aristides, Greek orator and writer (b. AD 117, 117) * Cao Jie (eunuch), Cao Jie, Chinese court eunuch and official

References

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