180

Years: 176 177 178 179 - 180 - 181 182 183 184

Decades: 150s 160s 170s - 180s - 190s 200s 210s

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Alternate uses, see Number 180.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor.
• In his Methodus Medendo Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and severance of the spinal cord.

Births

Deaths

• March 17 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor.
• July 17 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa, executed in Carthage for being Christians (known as the Scillitan Martyrs).
• Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian (approximate date)
• Gaius, Roman jurist (approximate date)
• Lucian (approximate date)
• Maximilla, Montanist heresiarchess
• Melito of Sardis, bishop of Sardis
• St. Miggin (martyred in Numidia)
• St. Namphamo and consorts (martyred in Madaura)
• St. Symphorian (martyred in Autun)