165

165 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	165; CLXV
Ab urbe condita	918
Assyrian calendar	4915
Balinese saka calendar	86–87
Bengali calendar	−428
Berber calendar	1115
Buddhist calendar	709
Burmese calendar	−473
Byzantine calendar	5673–5674
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon); 2861 or 2801; — to —; 乙巳年 (Wood Snake); 2862 or 2802
Coptic calendar	−119 – −118
Discordian calendar	1331
Ethiopian calendar	157–158
Hebrew calendar	3925–3926
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	221–222
- Shaka Samvat	86–87
- Kali Yuga	3265–3266
Holocene calendar	10165
Iranian calendar	457 BP – 456 BP
Islamic calendar	471 BH – 470 BH
Javanese calendar	41–42
Julian calendar	165; CLXV
Korean calendar	2498
Minguo calendar	1747 before ROC; 民前1747年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1303
Seleucid era	476/477 AG
Thai solar calendar	707–708
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年; (male Wood-Dragon); 291 or −90 or −862; — to —; 阴木蛇年; (female Wood-Snake); 292 or −89 or −861

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	130s 140s 150s – 160s – 170s 180s 190s
Years:	162 163 164 – 165 – 166 167 168

Year 165 (CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Avidius Cassius is successful against Parthia. They take Artaxata, Seleucia on the Tigris, and Ctesiphon. The Parthians ask for peace.
A pandemic known as the Antonine Plague breaks out in Rome.
Dura-Europos is taken by the Romans.
The Romans make a garrison at Doura Europos on the Euphrates.
Avidius Cassius takes Nisibis. He conquers the north of Mesopotamia.
Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts in Italy.

The philosopher Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian.
Discourse to the Greek (Oratio ad Graecos), by the Syrian Tatian, is the first treatise on the evils of paganism in Christian literature.