AD 148 explained

Year 148 (CXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cornelius and Calpernius (or, less frequently, year 901 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 148 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Emperor Antoninus Pius hosts a series of grand games, to celebrate Rome's 900th anniversary.^[1]

Asia

• An Shigao arrives in China.^[2]

By topic

Religion

• Euzois succeeds Athendodorus, as Patriarch of Constantinople.^[3]

Births

• Xun Yue (or Zhongyu), Chinese official and historian (d. 209)

Deaths

• Athendodorus, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Notes and References

1. Book: Mattern, Susan P.. Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate. 2002. University of California Press. 978-0-520-23683-7. 141.
2. Book: Zürcher, Erik. The Buddhist conquest of China: the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China. 1959. Brill Archive. 30. 1.
3. Book: Eder. Walter. Renger. Johannes. Henkelman. Brill's chronologies of the ancient world New Pauly names, dates and dynasties. 2007. Brill. 319. 978-90-04-15320-2.