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Year '''172''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CLXXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Maximus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 925 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 172 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] crosses the [[Danube]] with an expeditionary force. He subdues the [[Marcomanni]] and their allies<ref>{{cite book|first=Péter|last=Kovács|title=Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars |year=2009|publisher=Brill|page=272}}</ref> and then, in a pact signed with the [[Germanic tribes]], he imports them into the [[Roman Empire]] to occupy areas that have been depopulated by the [[Plague (disease)|plague]].
* The [[Sarmatians]] attack the lower Danube frontier.
* Miracle in [[Moravia]]: As the [[Roman army]] is encircled by the [[Quadi]] under intense heat, a violent [[thunderstorm]] sweeps away the Quadi in a torrent of water and mud, and refreshes the parched [[Roman legionary|legionaries]].
* [[Avidius Cassius]], governor of [[Syria]], suppresses an agrarian revolt in [[Egypt]] and is made supreme commander of the [[Roman army]] in the East.

==== Asia ====
* Last (5th) year of ''Jianning'' era and start of ''Xiping'' era of the Chinese [[Han dynasty]].
* [[Battle of Jwawon]]: [[Goguryeo]] Prime Minister [[Myeongnim Dap-bu]] defeats the Chinese [[Han dynasty]] forces in [[Manchuria]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Tatian]] produces his [[Diatessaron]], a harmony of the four [[gospels]].
* [[Montanism]] spreads through the Roman Empire.
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== Births ==
* [[Lu Su]], Chinese general and politician (d. [[217]])
* [[Xu Miao]], Chinese official and politician (d. [[249]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Empress Dou Miao|Dou Miao]] (or '''Huansi'''), Chinese empress 
* [[Hou Lan]], Chinese [[eunuch]]-official and politician
* [[Marcus Macrinius Vindex]], Roman [[praetorian prefect]]

== References ==
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