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19 February — Battle of Lugdunum
Battle of Lugdunum

The Battle of Lugdunum, also called the Battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum , between the armies of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus....
: Roman usurper
Roman usurper

Usurpers are individuals or groups of individuals who obtain and maintain the power or rights of another by force and without legal authority. Usurpers were a common feature of the late Roman Empire, especially from the crisis of the third century onwards, when political instability became the rule....
Albinus
Clodius Albinus

Decimus Clodius Septimius Al?binus was a Roman usurper proclaimed Roman Emperor by the legions in Roman Britain and Hispania upon the murder of Pertinax....
is defeated by the forces of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus

Lucius Septimius Severus was a Roman Empire general, and Roman Emperor from April 14 193 to 211. He was born in what is now the Libyan part of Rome's historic Africa Province, making him the first emperor to be born in the Roman province of Africa Province....
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Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, which had been the headquarters of Clodius Albinus, is sacked and destroyed.
Sixty-four senators
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
are denounced as accomplices of Albinus and twenty-four are put to death.
Legio I
Legio I Parthica

Legio prima Parthica was a Roman legion levied in 197 by the emperor Septimius Severus. The legion presence in the Middle East is recorded until the early 5th century....
, II
Legio II Parthica

Legio secunda Parthica was a Roman legion levied by Emperor Septimius Severus in 197, for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence the cognomen Parthica....
, and III Parthica
Legio III Parthica

Legio tertia Parthica was a Roman legion levied by Emperor Septimius Severus in 197, for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence the cognomen Parthica....
are levied by Septimius Severus for his Parthian campaign.
Septimius Severus sacks Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon

Ctesiphon was one of the great cities of the Persian Empire, located on the east bank of the Tigris.Ctesiphon was an imperial capital of the Arsacids and of their successors, the Sassanids....
and captures an enormous number of its inhabitants as slaves.
Septimius reconstitutes the Province of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
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.

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Galen's
Galen

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , better known as Galen of Pergamum , was a prominent Ancient Rome physician and philosopher of Greek origin, and probably the most accomplished medical researcher of the Roman period....
major work on medicines, Pharmacologia, is published.

Religion

A Christian
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
council is held in Edessa
Edessa, Mesopotamia

Edessa is the historical name of a Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people town in northern Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator....
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Deng Ai
Deng Ai

Deng Ai was a talented general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of China. It was said that whenever he saw a hill or wide valley, he would immediately size up the best places to store grain and position troops....
, Wei
Cao Wei

Cao Wei was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period. With the capital at Lu?y?ng, the empire was established by Cao Pi in 220, based upon the foundations that his father Cao Cao laid....
general (d. 264
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February 19 — Clodius Albinus
Clodius Albinus

Decimus Clodius Septimius Al?binus was a Roman usurper proclaimed Roman Emperor by the legions in Roman Britain and Hispania upon the murder of Pertinax....
, rival for Roman Emperor
List of Roman Emperors

The title of Roman Emperor, although in some ways a modern concept, effectively summarises the position held by those individuals who wielded power in the Roman Empire....
(b. 150
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Cao Ang
Cao Ang

Cao Ang was the eldest son of the powerful warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. He was killed by enemy troops in the Battle of Wancheng after he gave up his horse to Cao Cao during their retreat....
, first son of Cao Cao (b. 175
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Cao Anmin
Cao Anmin

Cao Anmin was the nephew of the powerful China warlord Cao Cao.In 197, Cao Anmin followed Cao Cao on a campaign to take the province of Jingzhou ....
, nephew of Cao Cao
Dian Wei
Dian Wei

Dian Wei was a warrior during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He served as a bodyguard to the powerful warlord, Cao Cao....
, bodyguard to Chinese warlord Cao Cao
Cao Cao

C?o Cao was a warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of China of the Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during its final years in ancient China....
Guo Si
Guo Si

Guo S? was formerly an officer under Niu Fu, who was a general serving under Dong Zhuo. After the death of his Lord, Guo Si occupied the capital of Chang'an with other former Dong Zhuo generals, Fan Chou and Li Jue, on the advice of Jia Xu....
(b. 146
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Hu Che Er
Hu Che Er

Hu Che'er was a general serving under Zhang Xiu during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was not of Chinese origin, and some historians believe he may have come from a Slavic peoples background, although others assert it is much more probable that he was of Magyar, Hun or Persian people ancestry....
Li Jue
Li Jue

Li Jue was a military general under the warlord Dong Zhuo during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He took command of Dong Zhuo's army after the latter was assassinated by L? Bu, and with the help of Fan Chou, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji he managed to take control over Chang'an, and secure power within the Imperial Court....
Liang Gang
Liang Gang

Liang Gang was an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under Yuan Shu. He suffered a great loss as army director when Yuan Shu attacked Lu Bu....
Qiao Rui
Qiao Rui

Qiao Rui an officer serving under Yuan Shu. At one time when Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shu, he was to lead a certain frontal assault force against that of the army of Cao Cao....
Yang Feng
Yang Feng

Yang Feng was a cavalry commander of the late years of the Han Dynasty. During the beginning years of the coalition against Dong Zhuo, Yang Feng was a general under that of Li Jue....
Yue Jiu
Yue Jiu

Yue Jiu was an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under Yuan Shu. When Yuan Shu marched to subdue Lu Bu, Yue Jiu acted as a liaison between the two armies....
, general under Yuan Shu
Yuan Shu

Yuan Shu was a warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He rose to prominence following the collapse of the Han court in 189....