Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.
Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.source
Births
July 5 – Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (died 252)source
Zhu Ran, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (died 249)source
Deaths
Ummidia Cornificia Faustina, Roman noblewoman (born 141)source
Saoterus, Bithynian Greek freedman and chamberlainsource
Marcus Ummidius Quadratus, Roman politician (born 138)source
Lucilla, Roman empress and daughter of Marcus Aureliussource