178

The year 178 (CLXXVIII) was a common year beginning on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named the year of the consulate of Scipio and Rufus, or less frequently, as 931 ab urbe condita, being its denomination as 178 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Brutia Crispina marries the Comforter and receives the title of Augusta.
• Ceferino, papa, condemns the heresy of mountainism.

Births

• Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus, Roman co-emperator.

Deaths

• Epipode of Lyon, holy Christian.