Year of the Five Emperors
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Was a Roman Civil War in which five men claimed the title of Roman emperor: Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus.
Chronology
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March 193: Roman general Severus proclaims himself emeperor in Pannonia.
March 193: The Romans legions of Syria proclaimed Pescennio Nigro Emeperor.
June 194: After Severus had replaced Candidus with another general, Publius Cornelius Anullinus, Niger met Anullinus in battle at Issus in May 194, where after a long and hard-fought struggle, Pescennius Niger was decisively defeated. Forced to retreat to Antioch, Niger was captured while attempting to flee to Parthia. Niger was beheaded.
February 197: Clodius Albinus killed himself.
March 193: The legions of Britannia chose to be loyal to Clodius Albinus.
June 193: Didius Julianus was therefore executed by a military tribune sent by the senate on 1 June 193 after only sixty-six days of reign, and Severus became the new Emperor of Rome.
