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China
166
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Sino-Roman relations
China
166
A Roman envoy arrived at the Han capital Luoyang.

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Daqin (Present-Day in China)
166
Roman Empire
Roman embassy from "Daqin"
Daqin (Present-Day in China)
166
It is possible that an alleged Roman embassy from "Daqin" that arrived in Eastern Han China in 166 via a Roman maritime route into the South China Sea, landing at Jiaozhou (northern Vietnam) and bearing gifts for the Emperor Huan of Han (r. 146–168), was sent by Marcus Aurelius, or his predecessor Antoninus Pius (the confusion stems from the transliteration of their names as "Andun", Chinese: 安敦).

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Han, China
166
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions
Han, China
166
Several ministers and some two hundred university students, who had opposed the influence of corrupt eunuchs at the royal court, were arrested.

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