197

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This article is about the year 197. For other uses, see 197 (number).
Centuries: 1st century · 2nd century · 3rd century
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Years: 194 195 196 197 198 199 200
197 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
197 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 197
CXCVII
Ab urbe condita 950
Armenian calendar N/A
Chinese calendar 2833/2893-11-25
(丙子年十一月廿五日)
— to —
2834/2894-12-5
(丁丑年十二月初五日)
Ethiopian calendar 189 – 190
Hebrew calendar 3957 – 3958
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 252 – 253
- Shaka Samvat 119 – 120
- Kali Yuga 3298 – 3299
Iranian calendar 425 BP – 424 BP
Islamic calendar 438 BH – 437 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year Kōki 857
(皇紀857年)
- Jōmon Era 10197
Thai solar calendar 740

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Arts and Sciences

  • Publication of Galen's major work on medicines, Pharmacologia.

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