169

The year 169 (CLXIX) was a common year beginning on a Saturday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named the year of the consulate of Senecion and Apollinaris, or less frequently, as 922 ab urbe condita, being its denomination as 169 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Marco Aurelio becomes the only emperor of Rome when his brother-in-law Lucio Vero died.

Births

• Zhang Liao, Chinese general.

Deaths

• Lucio Vero, Roman emperor.
• Marco Annio Vero César (n. 162), son of Marco Aurelio and appointed his heir.
• Byzantium Alipio, Christian religious.