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18 hours ago · Pertinax ruled for a very short time (Jan-March in 193) and after his murder, the Praetorian guard sold the throne Didius Julianus who became emperor in March and was gone by June 193 (another murder). Pescennius Niger proclaimed himself emperor when Didius purchased his position as did Septimus Severus who defeated Niger and had him executed.
3 days ago · In the Historia Augusta, an ancient Roman collection of imperial biographies, the usurper Pescennius Niger (193–194) is expressly noted to only be a tyrant because he was defeated by Septimius Severus (r.
Jun 25, 2024 · In 194 he marched east and decisively defeated another rival, Gaius Pescennius Niger, governor of Syria. Severus then headed westward to confront Albinus, who had declared himself emperor. Albinus committed suicide following his crushing defeat near Lugdunum (now Lyon, France) in February 197.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Byzantium was relatively unimportant during the early Roman period. Contemporaries described it as wealthy, well peopled and well fortified, but that affluence came to an end because the city supported Pescennius Niger (r. 193–194) in his war against Septimius Severus (r. 193–211).
Jun 29, 2024 · In the civil wars of Septimius Severus it took the side of Pescennius Niger, and held out for two years after Niger's overthrow at Issus in 194. Severus destroyed its walls, and made it a subject-village of Perinthus. Caracalla made it a city again, but it was sacked afresh by Gallienus.
Jun 27, 2024 · Covers his war with Pescennius Niger, the siege of Byzantium, and the campaign in northern Mesopotamia that added it as a province. The much more difficult campaign against Clodius Albinus in Gaul is also studied in detail, as is that in North Africa.
Jun 10, 2024 · When Severus became emperor in 193, Julia Domna accompanied him in his campaigns against rivals such as Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus. Later, Julia Domna joined Severus in his campaign against the Britons that started in 208.
