Year 158 ( CLVIII) was a

common year starting on Saturday A common year starting on Saturday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Saturday, 1 January, and ends on Saturday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is B. The most recent year of such kind was 2022, and the next ...

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 Tertullus and Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 911 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 158 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

* The earliest dated use of Sol Invictus, in a dedication from Ancient Rome, Rome. * A revolt against Roman rule in Dacia is crushed.

China

* Change of era name from ''Yongshou'' to ''Yangxi'' of the Chinese Han dynasty.

Births

*Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)

Deaths

* Wang Yi (librarian), Wang Yi, Chinese librarian and poet (b. AD 89)

References

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