193

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	160s 170s 180s – 190s – 200s 210s 220s
Years:	190 191 192 – 193 – 194 195 196

193 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

January 1—Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
Due to a lack of money in the Imperial treasury, Pertinax is forced to suspend the food programs established by Trajan.
Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which was wrecked under Commodus, and to reestablish discipline in the army. The latter provokes the ire of the Praetorians.
March 28—Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
April 9—Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). The Severan dynasty starts.
Before entering Rome, Severus avenges the death of Pertinax by disarming and sacking the Praetorian guard. Prior to this, the Praetorian guard was staffed with recruits from Italy, from now on it will be staffed by members drawn from the provincial legions.
June 1—Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated in his palace.
Septimius Severus finally gains control of the Roman Empire, after eliminating Pescennius Niger and Didius Julianus. Clodius Albinus also claims the Empire.
Counterfeiting workshops begin to appear throughout the Roman Empire.
This is the year of the Five Emperors.