Events from 160

Valentinus teaches in Rome - most influential Gnostic teacher, elaborate cosmology with 30 aeons, secret knowledge for salvation

Melito of Sardis travels to Palestine - Investigates and lists Old Testament canon, one of first canonical lists

Marcus the Magician - Valentinian Gnostic using number mysticism, alternative sacraments with Hebrew words

Taurobolium ritual peaks - initiate stands in pit, bull sacrificed above, drenched in blood, emerges 'reborn for eternity'