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- This article is about the year 197. For other uses, see 197 (number).
Events
By Place
Roman Empire
- 19 February – Battle of Lugdunum, in which Roman usurper Albinus is defeated by the forces of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus.
- Lyon, which had been the headquarters of Clodius Albinus, is sacked and destroyed.
- Sixty-four senators are denounced as accomplices of Albinus and twenty-four are put to death.
- Legio I, II, and III Parthica are levied by Septimius Severus for his Parthian campaign.
- Septimus Severus sacks Ctesiphon and captures an enormous number of its inhabitants as slaves.
- Septimus reconstitutes the Province of Mesopotamia under an equestrian governor commanding two legions.
- Severus, who had spared the Senate at the beginning of his reign, now excludes it from controlling the empire by declaring a military dictatorship.
By Topic
Arts and Sciences
- Publication of Galen's major work on medicines, Pharmacologia.
Religion
Births
Deaths
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