Year 155 (CLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 908 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 155 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

• The Council of Rome, a pre-ecumenical church council, is held and presided over by Bishop of Rome Anicetus.

Births

• Cao Cao, Chinese statesman and warlord (d. 220)

• Dio Cassius, Roman historian (d. c. 235)

• Tertullian, Roman Christian theologian (d. c. 240)

• Sun Jian, Chinese general and warlord (d. 191)

Deaths

• Pius I, Roman bishop

• Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (b. AD 65)

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