Year 199 (
CXCIX) was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means 'in the year of the Lord', but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", ...
calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
* Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates
The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers''). Originating in Turkey, the ...
, 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
A garrison (from the French ''garnison'', itself from the verb ''garnir'', "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a mil ...
.
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
Gaya may refer to:
Geography Czech Republic
*Gaya (German and Latin), Kyjov (Hodonín District), a town
Guinea
* Gaya or Gayah, a town
India
*Gaya, India, a city in Bihar
**Gaya Airport
*Bodh Gaya, a town in Bihar near Gaya
*Gaya district, Bi ...
(traditional date).
By topic
Religion
* Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I
Pope Victor I (died 199) was the bishop of Rome in the late second century (189–199 A.D.). The dates of his tenure are uncertain, but one source states he became pope in 189 and gives the year of his death as 199.Kirsch, Johann Peter (1912). "Po ...
, as the 15th pope.
Births
Deaths
*
February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nda ...
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Gao Shun, Chinese general and advisor
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Lü Bu, Chinese general and warlord
*
Chen Ji, Chinese official, scholar and politician
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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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