162

This article is about the year 162. For the number, see 162 (number). For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 162 BC. For other uses, see 162 (disambiguation).

Year 162 (CLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 915 Ab urbe condita).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	140s 150s 160s 170s 180s
Years:	159 160 161 162 163 164 165

162 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	162 CLXII
Ab urbe condita	915
Assyrian calendar	4912
Balinese saka calendar	83–84
Bengali calendar	−431
Berber calendar	1112
Buddhist calendar	706
Burmese calendar	−476
Byzantine calendar	5670–5671
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2859 or 2652     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2860 or 2653
Coptic calendar	−122 – −121
Discordian calendar	1328
Ethiopian calendar	154–155
Hebrew calendar	3922–3923
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	218–219
- Shaka Samvat	83–84
- Kali Yuga	3262–3263
Holocene calendar	10162
Iranian calendar	460 BP – 459 BP
Islamic calendar	474 BH – 473 BH
Javanese calendar	38–39
Julian calendar	162 CLXII
Korean calendar	2495
Minguo calendar	1750 before ROC 民前1750年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1306
Seleucid era	473/474 AG
Thai solar calendar	704–705
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 288 or −93 or −865     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 289 or −92 or −864

The denomination 162 AD 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

• Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia.

By topic

Art and Science

• Arrian, Greek historian and writer, publishes Indica, a work on India and its people.

Births

• Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, one of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius's thirteen children (d. 169)

Deaths

• Marcus Annius Libo, the second child and first son to Roman consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina

References

Indica in Greek at the Perseus Digital Library, http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1

Indica in Greek with side-by-side English translation at the Loeb Classics Library, https://www.loebclassics.com/view/arrian-indica/1983/pb_LCL269.307.xml