Sport in Europe important handball club competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. Other team sports like volleyball, water polo, roller hockey, futsal, field hockey and American football are also popular in some European countries. Some sport competitions features a European team gathering athletes from different European countries. These teams uses the European flag as an emblem. The most famous of these competitions is the Ryder Cup in golf. Other examples are the Laver Cup in tennis, the Mosconi Cup in pool, the Weber Cup in bowling, the IAAF Continental Cup in athletics, and
Marcus Aurelius which resulted in the defeat of a revitalized Parthian Empire in the East; Marcus' general Avidius Cassius sacked the Parthian capital Ctesiphon in 164. In the same year, Lucius married Marcus' daughter Lucilla. In central Europe, Marcus fought the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic Wars (166–180), although the threat of the Germanic peoples began to represent a troubling reality for the Empire. Marcus modified the silver purity of the denarius, and Roman coins found in Han China dating from the reign of Tiberius to that of Aurelian are evidence that Rome traded with China during that