Eastern Mediterranean 193: Year of Five Emperors
19 April 193
19 Apr 193
Roman consolidation in the East
-27–66 Julio-Claudian East
66–135 Jewish–Roman Wars
135–235 Roman consolidation in the East
235–1948 NO MAPS FOR THIS PERIOD YET
1948–1974 Arab–Israeli Wars
1974–pres After the Yom Kippur War
Year of Five Emperors
spr 166 Lucius Verus’ Parthian War
3 May 175 Avidius Cassius’ Revolt
19 Apr 193 Year of Five Emperors
31 Mar 194 Second Battle of Issus
late 195 Annexation of Osroene
When Marcus Aurelius finally died in 180, he was succeeded by his megalomaniacal son Commodus, who was eventually assassinated at the end of 192. Commodus’ successor Pertinax reigned for only three months before being killed by the Praetorian Guard, who objected to his curtailing of their authority. The Guard sold the position of Emperor to Didius Julianus, but his rule was quickly challenged by Pescennius Niger in Syria, Septimius Severus in Pannonia, and Clodius Albinus in Britain.