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Roman Empire

--- February 25 - Roman Emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius on condition that Antonius would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus .

---On Hadrian's death, the Senate , which had been stripped of power during his reign refuses to deify him. Some speak of declaring him a tyrant cancelling his acts.

--- July 10 - Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Roman Emperor

---Start of construction of the Theater of Philadelphia ( Amman ).

Asia

--- Zhi becomes emperor of the Han Dynasty in China .

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July 10 - Hadrian , Roman emperor, died at Baiae

Zenobius - Greek Sophist who taught Rhetoric at Rome