Editing 185 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor [[Commodus]] rescind all power given to [[Tigidius Perennis]], who is eventually executed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hornblower |first=Simon |title=The Oxford classical dictionary |last2=Spawforth |first2=Antony |last3=Eidinow |first3=Esther |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-954556-8 |edition=4th |location=Oxford |publication-date=March 29, 2012 |pages=1480}}</ref>  
* [[Pertinax|Publius Helvius Pertinax]] is made governor of Britain and quells a mutiny of the [[Roman Britain|British]] [[Roman legion]]s who wanted him to become emperor. The disgruntled usurpers go on to attempt to assassinate the governor. 
* [[Tigidius Perennis]], his family and many others are executed for conspiring against [[Commodus]].
* Commodus drains [[Ancient Rome|Rome's]] treasury to put on gladiatorial spectacles and confiscates property to support his pleasures. He participates as a [[gladiator]] and boasts of victory in 1,000 matches in the [[Circus Maximus]].

==== China ====
* [[Zhi Yao (monk)|Zhi Yao]], a [[Kushan (clan)|Kushan]] [[Buddhist]] monk of [[Yuezhi]] ethnicity, translates Buddhist texts into the [[Chinese language]] during the [[Han dynasty]].
* February &ndash; The rebels of the [[Yellow Turban Rebellion|Yellow Turban]] are defeated by the imperial army, but only two months later, the [[rebellion]] breaks out again. It spreads to the [[Taihang Mountains]] on the western border of [[Hebei|Hebei Province]].

=== By topic ===

==== Art and Science ====
* [[Cleomedes]] discovers the [[refraction]] of light by the Earth's atmosphere.
* A [[supernova]] now known as [[SN 185]] is noted by [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese astronomer]]s in the ''Astrological Annals of the Houhanshu'', making it the earliest recorded supernova.

==== Religion ====
* [[Irenaeus]] writes that there are only four [[Gospels]] (approximate date).
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