180

This article is about the year 180. For the number, see 180 (number). For other uses, see 180 (disambiguation).

Year 180 (CLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Condianus (or, less frequently, year 933 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 180 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:	160s 170s 180s 190s 200s
Years:	177 178 179 180 181 182 183

180 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	180 CLXXX
Ab urbe condita	933
Assyrian calendar	4930
Balinese saka calendar	101–102
Bengali calendar	−413
Berber calendar	1130
Buddhist calendar	724
Burmese calendar	−458
Byzantine calendar	5688–5689
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 2877 or 2670     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2878 or 2671
Coptic calendar	−104 – −103
Discordian calendar	1346
Ethiopian calendar	172–173
Hebrew calendar	3940–3941
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	236–237
- Shaka Samvat	101–102
- Kali Yuga	3280–3281
Holocene calendar	10180
Iranian calendar	442 BP – 441 BP
Islamic calendar	456 BH – 455 BH
Javanese calendar	56–57
Julian calendar	180 CLXXX
Korean calendar	2513
Minguo calendar	1732 before ROC 民前1732年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1288
Seleucid era	491/492 AG
Thai solar calendar	722–723
Tibetan calendar	阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 306 or −75 or −847     — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 307 or −74 or −846

Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Quadi are chased westwards, deeper into Germania. The Praetorian prefect, Tarutenius Paternus, achieves a decisive victory against the Germanic tribes.
• March 17 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies after a week's illness at his camp in Vindobona (modern Vienna). He is succeeded by his son Commodus (age 18).
• The Era of the Five Good Emperors ends.
• Rome creates a 4-mile wide buffer zone by the Danube.
• Work begins in Rome on the building of the Column of Marcus Aurelius.
• 180–395 – Late Empire in Rome.
• Northern British from beyond Hadrian's Wall invade the North of modern-day England, causing Emperor Commodus to allow swathes of Northern cities to establish city walls.
• Cassius Dio arrives in Rome and becomes a Senator

Europe

• The Goths reach the banks of the Black Sea.

Oceania

• Lake Taupō in New Zealand erupts, forming ash clouds as far as China and Europe.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• In his Methodus Medendo, Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord.
• Galen's popular work on hygiene is published.

Religion

• July 17 – Twelve Christian inhabitants of Scillium in Numidia are executed in Carthage (also in North Africa) (known as the Scillitan Martyrs) – they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor.
• Commodus creates an official cult of the Zoroastrian god Mithra.

Births

• Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire (d. 242)
• Johanan bar Nappaha, Jewish rabbi (d. 279)
• Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (d. 222)
• Sima Fu, Chinese prince and statesman (d. 272)

Deaths

• March 17 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
• Aulus Gellius, Roman author and grammarian (b. 125 AD)
• Gaius, Roman jurist and writer (approximate date)
• Hegesippus, Christian chronicler and writer (b. 110)
• Lucian of Samosata, Syrian rhetorician (b. 125 AD)
• Melito of Sardis, bishop of Sardis (approximate date)
• Pinytus, bishop of Knossos (approximate date)