Severus’s rearguard in the northwest is now …
Years: 193 - 193
July
Severus’s rearguard in the northwest is now protected by his offer of the rank of Caesar to Clodius Albinus, the powerful governor of Britannia who had probably supported Didius Julianus against him.
The imperial contender advances with his legions east into the empire against Pescennius Niger, the Roman governor of Syria who had been acclaimed Emperor by his troops, like Severus, following the death of Pertinax.
Severus wins victories over his Syrian rival Niger at the battles of Cyzicus and …
Locations
People
Groups
- Bithynia et Pontus (Roman province)
- Cilicia (Roman province)
- Britain, Roman
- Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea)
- Roman Empire (Rome): Severan dynasty
Topics
- Classical antiquity
- Roman Age Optimum
- Roman Civil War of 193-97
- Year of the Five Emperors, or Roman Civil War of 193
