AD 148

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Redirect Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 148 (CXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Asia

• An Shigao arrives in China.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

By topic

Religion

• Euzois succeeds Athendodorus, as Patriarch of Constantinople.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

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

Deaths

• Athendodorus, Patriarch of Constantinople.