Major Events Mar 7 Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire Born in 161 AD CommodusAugust 31 More People Born in 161 AD Who Died in 161 AD Antoninus PiusMarch 7 More 161 AD Deaths 155 AD History by Year 176 AD Famous Romans Augustus Caesar Caligula Constantine the Great Julius Caesar Mark Antony Nero