By place Roman Empire •
February 19 –
Battle of Lugdunum:
Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor
Clodius Albinus at
Lugdunum (modern
Lyon). Albinus commits
suicide;
legionaries sack the town. • Septimius Severus returns to
Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the
Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late
Marcus Aurelius. • Septimius Severus forms new
naval units, manning all the
triremes in
Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial
canal between the
Tigris and
Euphrates. •
Legio I,
II, and
III Parthica are levied by Septimius Severus for his
Parthian campaign. • The
Roman army marches east to repel a Parthian invasion of
Mesopotamia; they loot the royal palace at
Ctesiphon and capture an enormous number of its inhabitants as
slaves. • Septimius Severus reconstitutes the Province of
Mesopotamia under an equestrian
governor commanding two
legions. • Septimius Severus, who had spared the Senate at the beginning of his reign, now excludes it from controlling the
Roman Empire by declaring a military
dictatorship.
Asia •
Battle of Wancheng:
Zhang Xiu launches a surprise attack at
Cao Cao. •
Yuan Shu declares himself emperor of the short-lived Zhong dynasty. •
Sansang becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of
Goguryeo.
By topic Art and Science •
Galen's major work on medicines,
Pharmacologia, is published.
Religion • A
Christian council is held in
Edessa. == Births ==