Year 199 (
CXCIX) was a
common year starting on Monday of the
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...
. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''
Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
* Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...
is partitioned into two Roman province
The Roman provinces (, pl. ) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as Roman g ...
s divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene.
* Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls.
* Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison.
China
* Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan.
Korea
* Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date).
By topic
Religion
* Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope.
Births
Valerian Roman emperor (d.
264)
Deaths
*
February 7
**
Gao Shun, Chinese general and advisor
**
Lü Bu, Chinese general and warlord
**
Chen Gong
*
Chen Ji, Chinese official, scholar and politician
*
Gongsun Zan, Chinese general and warlord
*
Qin Yilu (or Qin Yi), Chinese general
*
Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, Korean ruler
*
Tian Kai, Chinese official and general
*
Yuan Shu, Chinese general and warlord
References
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