Year 157 (
CLVII) was a
common year starting on Friday of the
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...
. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Civica and Aquillus (or, less frequently, year 910 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' (; 'from the founding of Rome, founding of the City'), or (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is ...
''). The denomination 157 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "o ...
calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
*A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia
Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ro ...
.
Births
*
Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d.
237)
*
Hua Xin, Chinese official and minister (d.
232)
*
Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (d.
198)
*
Xun You, Chinese official and statesman (d.
214)
Deaths
References
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