167

This article is about the year 167. For the number, see 167 (number). For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 167 BC. For the New Jersey bus, see 167 (New Jersey bus). For other uses, see 167 (disambiguation).

Year 167 (CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 167 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	140s 150s 160s 170s 180s
Years:	164 165 166 167 168 169 170

167 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	167 CLXVII
Ab urbe condita	920
Assyrian calendar	4917
Balinese saka calendar	88–89
Bengali calendar	−426
Berber calendar	1117
Buddhist calendar	711
Burmese calendar	−471
Byzantine calendar	5675–5676
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2864 or 2657     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2865 or 2658
Coptic calendar	−117 – −116
Discordian calendar	1333
Ethiopian calendar	159–160
Hebrew calendar	3927–3928
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	223–224
- Shaka Samvat	88–89
- Kali Yuga	3267–3268
Holocene calendar	10167
Iranian calendar	455 BP – 454 BP
Islamic calendar	469 BH – 468 BH
Javanese calendar	43–44
Julian calendar	167 CLXVII
Korean calendar	2500
Minguo calendar	1745 before ROC 民前1745年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1301
Seleucid era	478/479 AG
Thai solar calendar	709–710
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 293 or −88 or −860     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 294 or −87 or −859

Events

By place

Legio V Macedonica marked brick from Potaissa (modern Turda, Romania)

Roman Empire

• Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus and Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus become Roman Consuls.
• The Marcomanni tribe wages war against the Romans at Aquileia. They destroy aqueducts and irrigation conduits. Marcus Aurelius repels the invaders, ending the Pax Romana (Roman Peace) that has kept the Roman Empire free of conflict since the days of Emperor Augustus.
• The Vandals (Astingi and Lacringi) and the Sarmatian Iazyges invade Dacia. To counter them, Legio V Macedonica, returning from the Parthian War, moves its headquarters from Troesmis in Moesia Inferior to Potaissa in Dacia Porolissensis.
• The Germans devastate the Balkans and ransack the sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens.

Asia

• Change of era name from Yanxi to Yongkang of the Chinese Han dynasty.
• King Chogo of Baekje wages war against Silla in the Korean peninsula.

Births

• Zhang Yi (or Junsi), Chinese official (d. 230)

Deaths

• Abercius, bishop of Hieropolis (approximate date)
• Anicetus, pope of Rome (approximate date)
• Wang Fu, Chinese philosopher (b. AD 82)