Year of the Five Emperors
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The Year of the Five Emperors refers to AD 193, in which five men claimed the title of Roman emperor: Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus. This year sta
Bust in the National Museum of the Union in Romania, possibly of Pertinax
Coin of Clodius Albinus. This coin celebrates Saeculum Frugiferum, the embodiment of a "fruitful era", probably Ba'al Hammon, a Phoenician divinity worshipped in North Africa, whence Clodius came.
Septimius Severus at Glyptothek, Munich
Battle of Cyzicus (193)
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The Battle of Cyzicus was fought in 193 between the forces of Septimius Severus and his rival for the empire, Pescennius Niger, who was defeated.
Pescennius Niger. 193–194 AD. AR Denarius. Antioch mint.