175

Year 175 (CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Marcus Aurelius stops a revolt of Avidius Cassius, governor of Syria.
 Avidius Cassius is assassinated by Roman officers. 
 Commodus is named Caesar. 

 Asia 
 Confucian scholars try to stay in the royal court of China.  They are massacred by the eunuchs.

 By topic 
 Religion 
 Pope Eleuterus succeeds Pope Soter as the thirteenth pope (approximate date).

 Births 
 Cao Ang, eldest son of Cao Cao (d. 197)
 Gan Ning, general of Wu (d. 218)
 Sun Ce, elder brother of founder of the Wu Kingdom, Sun Quan (d. 200)
 Wei Yan, general of Shu (d. 234)
 Yang Xiu (d. 219)
 Zhou Yu, militarist and strategist of the Three Kingdoms of China (d. 210)
 Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng, cousin of Ma Dai, brother of Ma Tie and Ma Xie, general and Tiger general of Shu for Liu Bei. (d. 222) 

 Deaths 
 July – Avidius Cassius, Roman Emperor (usurper)
 Concordius of Spoleto, Christian martyr
 Faustina the Younger, Roman empress