197

Year 197 (CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
197 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar197
CXCVII
Ab urbe condita950
Assyrian calendar4947
Balinese saka calendar118–119
Bengali calendar−396
Berber calendar1147
Buddhist calendar741
Burmese calendar−441
Byzantine calendar5705–5706
Chinese calendar丙子年 (Fire Rat)
2893 or 2833
     to 
丁丑年 (Fire Ox)
2894 or 2834
Coptic calendar−87 – −86
Discordian calendar1363
Ethiopian calendar189–190
Hebrew calendar3957–3958
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat253–254
 - Shaka Samvat118–119
 - Kali Yuga3297–3298
Holocene calendar10197
Iranian calendar425 BP – 424 BP
Islamic calendar438 BH – 437 BH
Javanese calendar74–75
Julian calendar197
CXCVII
Korean calendar2530
Minguo calendar1715 before ROC
民前1715年
Nanakshahi calendar−1271
Seleucid era508/509 AG
Thai solar calendar739–740
Tibetan calendar阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
323 or −58 or −830
     to 
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
324 or −57 or −829

Events

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.[1]

Art and Science

  • Galen's major work on medicines, Pharmacologia, is published.

Religion

Births

Deaths

  • February 19 Clodius Albinus, Roman general and usurper
  • Cao Ang (or Zixiu), eldest son of Cao Cao (b. 177)
  • Dian Wei, Chinese general serving under Cao Cao
  • Gaius Julius Erucius Clarus Vibianus, Roman politician
  • Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, Korean ruler of Goguryeo
  • Guo Si (or Guo Duo), Chinese general and regent
  • Li Jue, Chinese general serving under Dong Zhuo
  • Liu Chong, Chinese nobleman and Prince of Chen
  • Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, Roman statesman
  • Yang Feng, Chinese general serving under Li Jue

References

  1. "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
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