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- This article is about the year 177. For other uses, see 177 (number).
Events
By Place
Roman Empire
- A systematic persecution of Christians begins in Rome under Marcus Aurelius. Many Christians worship secretly.
- Marcus Aurelius' son, Commodus, becomes Imperatur then Augustus as a coequal of his father.
- Churches in southern Gaul are destroyed after a crowd accuses the local Christians of practicing cannibalism and the incest.
- Martyrdom of 47 Christians in Lyon, Saint Blandina and Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, among them.
- The second war of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus against the Quadi and the Marcomanni.
Asia
- Chinese troops suffer a crushing defeat against a confederacy of Central Asian tribes led by the Xianbei (see Wu Hu).
Births
Deaths
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