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Roman Empire

• March 7 — Roman emperor Antoninus Pius
  Antoninus Pius
  
  Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus , generally known in English as Antoninus Pius was Roman Emperors from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors and a member of the Aurelii....
   dies and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelius
  Marcus Aurelius
  
  Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important stoicism philosophy....
   who shares imperial power with Lucius Verus
  Lucius Verus
  
  Lucius Aurelius Verus , born as Lucius Ceionius Commodus, known simply as Lucius Verus, was Roman Emperors with Marcus Aurelius , from 161 until his death....
  , although Marcus retains the title Pontifex Maximus
  Pontifex Maximus
  
  The Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the Ancient Rome College of Pontiffs. This was the most important position in the Ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first occupied this post....
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• Marcus Aurelius, a Spaniard like Trajan
  Trajan
  
  Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
   and Hadrian
  Hadrian
  
  Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
  , is a stoical, disciple of Epictetus
  Epictetus
  
  Epictetus was a Ancient Greece Stoicism philosophy. He was probably born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia , and lived in Rome until his exile to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece, where he lived most of his life and died....
  , and an energetic man of action. He pursues the policy of his predecessor and maintains good relations with the Senate
  Roman Senate
  
  The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
  . As a legislator, he endeavours to create new principles of morality and humanity, particularly favouring women and slaves.
• The weight of a goldpiece, the aureus
  Aureus
  
  The aureus was a gold coin of ancient Rome valued at 25 silver denarius. The aureus was regularly issued from the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 4th century AD, when it was replaced by the solidus ....
  , is reduced from 7.81 grams under Aurelius to 7.12 grams.

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• Gaius
  Gaius (jurist)
  
  Gaius was a celebrated Roman empire jurist. Scholars know very little of his personal life. It is impossible to discover even his full name, Gaius or Caius being merely his personal name ....
  ' Institutiones are published.

Births

• August 31 — Commodus
  Commodus
  
  Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus , was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 . The name given here was his official name at his accession to sole rule; see 'Commodus#Changes of name' for earlier and later forms....
  , future Roman emperor
  Roman Emperor
  
  The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
    (d. 192
  192
  
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• Liu Bei
  Liu Bei
  
  Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
  , founder of the Shu Kingdom of China (d. 223
  223
  
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• Lu Dai
  Lu Dai
  
  Lu Dai was an officer of Wu . Following the death of Sun Quan, Zhuge Ke along with Lu Dai were entrusted to govern over Wu. However, according to history, Lu Dai served during Sun Quan as grand general....
  , general of Wu
  Eastern Wu
  
  Eastern Wu , also known as Sun Wu , was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty in the Jiangnan region of China....
    (d. 256
  256
  
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Deaths

• March 7 — Antoninus Pius
  Antoninus Pius
  
  Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus , generally known in English as Antoninus Pius was Roman Emperors from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors and a member of the Aurelii....
  , Roman Emperor (b. 86
  86
  
  Year 86 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar....
  )